About Headlines Flash
An open-source, AI-powered news aggregator that surfaces the day's most important stories from hundreds of trusted sources — distilled into concise, unbiased summaries.
Our Mission
In an age of information overload, we believe staying informed shouldn't require scrolling through dozens of sites or falling for clickbait. Headlines Flash automatically aggregates, categorizes, and summarizes trending news from over 300 publicly available RSS feeds — delivering a clean, distraction-free reading experience.
Transparency
Every headline links to the original source. No black boxes, no hidden agendas.
Speed
Real-time aggregation across 300+ feeds. Trending stories surface within minutes.
Neutrality
Algorithmic curation. No editorial slant, no political bias — just the facts.
Accessibility
100% free. No paywall, no ads that track you, no account required.
How It Works
Fetch
Our pipeline runs every 4 hours via GitHub Actions, fetching the latest items from 300+ RSS feeds, Reddit communities, Hacker News, and Google Trends.
Process
Each item is deduplicated, categorized by keyword analysis, enriched with tags, and passed through an LLM to generate a concise 2-3 sentence summary.
Publish
Summaries are written as MDX files, a search index is rebuilt, and the static site is deployed — all without human intervention.
Explore
Readers browse by category, tag, or search across thousands of headlines with pagination, infinite scroll, and full-text search.
Data Sources
We only ingest publicly available RSS feeds and APIs. No paywalled content, no scraping of terms-of-service violations.
Categories
Editorial Policy
Do you write original journalism?
No. Each headline flash is a 2-3 sentence AI-generated summary based on the headline and snippet from the original publisher's RSS feed. We do not copy full articles.
How do you handle uncertainty?
If a headline lacks sufficient information for a factual summary, we mark it as "Developing story — details emerging" rather than fabricating details.
Is there human oversight?
All content is automatically generated. There is no human editorial review for individual posts. Category assignments and tags are generated algorithmically.
Can I request a correction?
Yes. If you believe any content is inaccurate or infringes on your rights, open an issue on our GitHub repository and we will address it promptly.
Technology Stack
Headlines Flash is fully open source. View on GitHub →