Timeline
4 years of development and the future
What has happened since 2013?
From hobby to full-time
Feeder began as a hobby project 2010. 3 years later we released our subscription pricing model. For 4 years we have been working on Feeder during the nights and weekends. It has been a labour of love. This year, 2017, we took a big leap and began work on Feeder full-time. Today we operate at loss, but we believe we with your help we can together take Feeder to the next level.
Completely revamping the product
During these years we have completely revamped the product. Making it a lot snappier, stable and secure. We've added tons of features and have big plans for the future. Below you can see a timeline of the major releases since 2013 and what has happened in the world since then.
2013
Erik, developing Feeder at his parents house. With Olle, the cat.
Mar
03 March 2013
Subscription pricing introduced
Baby Feeder evolves to a teenager. Still lives at home, but takes the first step towards being self-sustainable.
Google kills Reader
18 March 2013
Web reader view released
A totally new way to browse your feeds. Feeder now becomes more than a browser extension.
23 March 2013
iOS app released
Our first mobile app. Putting peoples feeds in there pocket for the first time.
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Brittish royal baby arrives
Aug
Sep
Oct
23 October 2013
10x faster backend
Major rewrite of how posts are indexed allows for 10x better scaling.
Nov
Disney's Frozen is released
Dec
Total code commits this year: 998
2014
Jan
Feb
Winter Olympics in Sochi
Facebook buys WhatsApp for 16 billion dollars
Mar
18 March 2014
iPad & iOS 7 compatibility
A complete overhaul of the design to match the new OS aesthetic, as well as releasing an iPad compatible app.
Malaysian Airlines MH370 vanishes
Apr
May
Jun
26 June 2014
Big update to payments infrastructure
We moved to a better payments infrastructure. Allowing us to grow steadier without hiccups.
Jul
ALS ice bucket challenge
Aug
18 August 2014
Local feed support
Adding the ability to poll feeds that are locally on a users computer.
Sep
Oct
Nov
NASA Rosetta space probe lands on a comet
Dec
Total code commits this year: 364
2015
Jan
Feb
Mar
Zayne leaves One Direction
12 May 2015
Duplicate posts fix
One of our most annoying bugs has been duplicate posts. Here we released an update to get rid of them once and for all.
Apr
Apple watch goes on sale
May
Fifa scandal is unveiled
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Back to the Future day
Nov
15 November 2015
Completely rewrite iOS app to Swift
This update allowed Feeder to stay up to date with the latest technologies for iOS devices.
20 November 2015
Reach 1000 paying users
A big milestone for the company, still not enough to take the step of being more than a hobby project.
Dec
Star wars: The Force Awakens is released
Total code commits this year: 327
2016
Jan
Zika virus outbreak in Brazil
Feb
Mar
01 March 2016
Migrate database to Cassandra
To better be able to scale up our database we moved a large part of our storage to Cassandra from MySQL.
01 March 2016
Feeder Business is released
A set of features for medium to large businesses. Allowing, amongst other things, to manage feeds and seats for teams.
15 March 2016
E-mail notifications
One of our most popular features. Allowing users to recieve notifications of new posts via e-mail.
Apr
Panama Papers exposed to the world
400th year anniversary of William Shakespeare's death
May
12 May 2016
Advanced support integration
We integrate with support platform Intercom, allowing for closer contact with users. One of our most important updates.
Jun
"Brexit" is voted for
Jul
05 July 2016
New co-founder: Mattias
We officially introduce our new co-founder Mattias, who advises Feeder with all thing big and small.
Aug
Summer olympics in Brazil
Sep
Oct
01 October 2016
Android beta
The first step in releasing for the biggest mobile platform. Something we felt was missing for a long time.
Nov
Donald Trumps wins US election
18 November 2016
New frontpage
A lot had happened since the first release of our website 2013. This was a small step in creating a better, more modern site.
Dec
Total code commits this year: 1028
2017
Jan
Feb
Lala Land mix-up at Oscars
Mar
03 March 2017
Big user survey
Asking our users what they thought could be better with Feeder became the foundation for our future roadmap.
17 March 2017
Android app released
It took a while to develop, but we finally released our Android app. Now Feeder was available on both major mobile platforms.
Apr
05 April 2017
Advanced filters
Also a very requested feature. Allowing people to setup filters on feeds for keywords and time of day.
May
15 March 2017
Feeder gets an office
We had been ramping up work on Feeder, and sitting at home taired on all of us. So we rented a place to focus on Feeder.
Our first office.
Setting up desks.
Jun
08 June 2017
Extension re-write in TypeScript
A big under the hood change. Setting the foundation to be able to develop in a much faster pace than before.
United States withdraws from the Paris Agreement
08 June 2017
Refined settings page
Before this we had three different pages for settings. We consolidated them into one, leading to a lot less confusion for all users.
Jul
Tesla model 3 is unveiled
Aug
Soccer star Neymar moves to PSG
01 August 2017
Feeder goes full-time
Erik, our developer, quit his day job to go full time with Feeder. Allowing us to really speed up development.
Planning for the future
Having heated discussions.
01 August 2017
Gengo Integration
An integration we worked for over a year to complete. The first integration with an external service.
11 August 2017
Push notifications
To be notified wherever you are, push notifications is a must. Both for Android and iOS.
23 August 2017
American Express Compatibility
An often requested feature. It's quite expensive to integrate with American Express, but we want to cater to all users.
Sep
Oct
Harvey Weinstein scandal
01 October 2017
In-app registration
We released the ability to register in our mobile apps and in our browser extension.
12 October 2017
New and modern themes
Making Feeder look and feel a lot more modern. The base look of Feeder hadn't changed at all since 2013.
25 October 2017
New posts lists
The first step in a better browsing experience. Allowing to switch sort order and seeing the post date and by what source.
Nov
15 November 2017
Feeder for Firefox
Our immensley popular Feeder extension releases for one of the biggest browsing platforms. In time for the big Firefox Quantum release.
Sweden beat Italy in World Cup qualifier
21 November 2017
New website
With all these changes we needed a new face outwards. Educating new and current users what Feeder does and why you should use it.
29 November 2017
JSON feed support
Feeds on the web aren't only RSS, they can also be JSON-feeds. Now we support all major feeds types
Dec
Total code commits this year: 1645
And here we are today. The journey has just begun.
What's next?
This is just the beginning
We have big plans for the future and we want you to help us shape it
Our roadmap is packed
From your input we base our plans for improving the service. Now that we are working on Feeder full-time we have the possibility to work faster and more efficient. Here are some additions planned for the near future.
TBA
More integrations
Integrations with Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Upwork and a lot more are planned. Let us know what you are missing.
TBA
Better reading experience
We have a lot of ideas how to make the reading experience better. More customizable viewing options and more ways to read posts.
TBA
Better browsing
Browsing today is through lists, we think we can create richer browsing options. Allowing for faster and more intuitive to browse your posts.
TBA
Better favorites
Some great additions to favorites are in the pipeline. Sort, folders, snooze and more.
TBA
Easier to add feeds
Today adding feeds can be a hassle. You first need to find the right RSS link to add. We are planning on making it a lot easier.
TBA
An open API
We believe people can make great things with the power of Feeder. An API is the beginning of something big.
Missing something?
You help shape Feeder, let us know what you think is missing
You push Feeder forward
Your feedback pushes Feeder forward. We want to become the best way to consume information.
Do you think something isn’t as good as it could be? Or think a feature is missing? We would love to hear it so we can build it for you.
One more thing
Thank you for using Feeder. We want Feeder to help people in there daily lives, for real. And the positive feedback we get is what motivates us every day. So thank you for using Feeder. We really do hope you enjoy it.