Why I Built EventsFeed
I got tired of clickbait and outrage-driven news, so I started relying on Wikipedia's Current Events portal — one of the few places on the internet that still tries to be neutral, sourced, and global.
The downside is usability: long wiki pages, dense lists, and a layout that’s painful on mobile make it hard to actually read or search for specific events, topics, or countries.
EventsFeed is my solution - a clean, fast interface for exploring Wikipedia’s Current Events. It turns the same objective coverage into a searchable, filterable news feed you can actually browse on your phone.
I built it for myself as a calm way to follow world events, and decided to share it with anyone else who wants news without the noise.
How It Works
EventsFeed mirrors the content from Wikipedia's Current Events portal into a structured, searchable index of thousands of stories.
The data updates automatically—hourly for recent events and every other day for the 30-day archive—so you get fresh coverage without placing unnecessary load on Wikipedia's servers.
No engagement algorithms. No outrage optimization. Just the events that shape our world, presented in a way that respects your time and intelligence.
Attribution & Respect for Wikipedia
EventsFeed is a derivative work of Wikipedia's Current Events portal. All event content is sourced from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Wikipedia and the Wikipedia logo are registered trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation, used here with respect and gratitude.
This project respects Wikipedia's servers by implementing intelligent caching and rate-limited updates. We scrape only what's necessary to keep the feed current, with hourly updates for recent events and less frequent updates for historical data.
Similar Projects
The design was inspired by this open source project with a similar idea PastEvents.org. Unfortunately, it is not updating events any more, I've tried reaching out to the creator without success.