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TLDR

A large community-maintained catalog of hundreds of RSS readers, feed generators, bots, automation tools, and related services for every platform, helping anyone find the right RSS tooling for their setup.

Mindmap

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    RSS Readers
      Desktop apps
      Mobile apps
      Self-hosted servers
      Hosted services
    Feed Generators
      Twitter to RSS
      YouTube to RSS
      GitHub to RSS
    Content Delivery
      Email forwarding
      Kindle delivery
      Slack and newsletters
    Other tools
      Feed validators
      Search engines
      Automation integrations
      Telegram and WeChat bots
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Find an RSS reader app for your specific platform such as Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, or a self-hosted server.

USE CASE 2

Discover tools that generate RSS feeds from sites that do not natively provide them, like Twitter, YouTube, or Instagram.

USE CASE 3

Set up automatic delivery of RSS feed content to email, Kindle, Slack, or a newsletter using tools from the catalog.

USE CASE 4

Find RSS bots for Telegram or WeChat that push feed updates directly into a chat without opening a browser.

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In plain English

ALL about RSS is a large, maintained catalog of almost everything related to RSS (Really Simple Syndication), the web standard that lets you subscribe to websites and receive updates without checking each site manually. Think of RSS as a universal inbox for content from any source that supports it: blogs, news sites, podcasts, YouTube channels, and more. This repository organizes hundreds of tools, services, and resources that revolve around that standard. The catalog is divided into clear sections. There are RSS readers for every platform: desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux, mobile apps for iOS and Android, self-hosted servers you can run on your own machine, hosted services you can access from a browser, and even terminal-based tools for developers who prefer the command line. There are also RSS bots for messaging platforms like Telegram and WeChat that push feed updates directly into a chat. Beyond readers, the list covers tools for generating RSS feeds from sources that do not natively provide one. That includes tools to create feeds from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub, Hacker News, and many other platforms. There are also tools for forwarding feed content to email, Kindle, Slack, newsletters, and social media accounts automatically. Other sections cover feed validators, feed search engines, workflow automation services that integrate RSS, customized visual themes for popular RSS reader software, free public server instances of common self-hosted readers, and an interactive chart showing how different tools connect to one another. The project is maintained by the @AboutRSS community and does not restrict itself to popular or open-source entries: any well-functioning, actively maintained service or tool qualifies for inclusion. The full README is longer than what was shown.

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Prompt 1
I want to subscribe to a YouTube channel and a few blogs in one RSS reader. Using the all-about-rss catalog, help me find a self-hosted RSS server I can run on my own VPS.
Prompt 2
Using all-about-rss, help me find a tool that generates an RSS feed from a Twitter account so I can follow it without logging into Twitter.
Prompt 3
I want to forward RSS feed updates automatically to a Slack channel. Based on all-about-rss, what workflow automation services support this and how do I set one up?
Prompt 4
Using all-about-rss, find me a Telegram bot that delivers RSS updates directly into a Telegram chat and show me how to set it up.
Prompt 5
Help me find a self-hosted RSS reader from the all-about-rss list that supports multiple users and has a web interface I can access from any device.
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