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Using Mastodon as a RSS Reader is a guide for people interested in repurposing the Mastodon social network platform as a tool for consuming RSS feeds. Rather than using traditional RSS reader software, users can… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Using Mastodon as a RSS Reader launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fread▲150

   A microblog client that supports Mastodon and RSS

   2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2IV
   I've Implemented a RSS Reader▲73

   2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   reprint.computer▲122

   Share posts from your blog or any RSS feed, around the web

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Mastodon▲272

   Open-source decentralized microblogging platform

   2016 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →

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   Collaborative RSS Reader▲122

   2021 · linklonk.com · its alternatives →

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   RSS feeds for arbitrary websites using CSS selectors▲509

   RSS feeds for arbitrary websites, using CSS selectors.

   2021 · feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com · its alternatives →

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   SocialBu for Mastodon▲277

   Simple way to manage your Mastodon presence for free

   2023 · socialbu.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IM
   I made an RSS feed reader▲10

   2010 · dambr.com · its alternatives →

9. 9FT
   Full Text, Full Archive RSS Feeds for Any Blog▲152

   2024 · dogesec.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AF
    A fast RSS reader I built with a friend▲50

    2020 · weloverss.com · its alternatives →

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    Rssfs – An RSS reader written as a file system▲78

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AA
    An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content▲86

    2020 · newsandrumors.com · its alternatives →

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    Feedseer – A Mastodon instance to filter out posts based on content▲40

    2018 · feedseer.com · its alternatives →

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    Extract an RSS feed from almost anything▲151

    Howdy! RSSfeedASAP scratches my own itch. I run a regional podcasting directory which gets dozens of messy submission for podcasts. Often they don't even include an xml file and me being a good samaritan I sometimes do the manual work and find it myself. I got tired of that manual work and decided to build a microapp. RSSfeedASAP is this app and I decided to release it in case someone else finds any use in it.

    2023 · rssfeedasap.com · its alternatives →

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    Mastodon, a federated microblogging network▲172

    Attached: 1 video Want a prank for a friend with an Android phone (with an opaque case) ? Set up a NFC tag to open the website of your choice then slip it between their phone and the case. Every time they will unlock their phone the website will open. No confirmation, no notification and too thin to

    2017 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →

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    Apricot – because RSS won't come back unless we move it forward▲67

    I’ve been using RSS readers for decades, but they’ve started feeling more and more like a chore. Something about the inbox/to-do list design, counts of unread items, managing teams and complex filtering rules... I realized they add to my stress level instead of reducing it. I’ve also come to rely on social media for discovery – hearing about new ideas, tools, papers, people, etc., but I’m so tired of the ads, spam, addictiveness, and toxicity. Apricot is my attempt to distill the best of both worlds. It’s a web app where users subscribe to feeds like an RSS reader then see new items as…

    2023 · app.theapricot.io · its alternatives →

17. 17FR
    Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads▲109

    2018 · feediary.com · its alternatives →

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    Mammoth 2 for Mastodon▲195

    Mastodon made easy

    2023 · getmammoth.app · its alternatives →

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    Substack Reader▲173

    Substacks RSS Reader for their newsletters

    2020 · substack.com · its alternatives →

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    Convenient web rss-reader▲39

    convenient web rss-reader. Contribute to truerss/truerss development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21UY
    Use Your Inbox As A Google Reader Replacement▲62

    Whenever new content is published, we'll send you a notification. Try it now by entering an RSS/Atom feed, YouTube channel or blog URL!

    2020 · feedsub.com · its alternatives →

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    readrrr▲78

    A simple web rss reader

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Mastodon for iOS▲201

    Official app for the decentralized social network

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    RSS Brain▲139

    I wrote an RSS reader called RSS Brain recently. The motivate is the current RSS readers either don't sort articles by priority, which makes it hard to read posts from HackerNews and Reddit, or sort it with some "smart" algorithm which I don't trust. I also like the Google News feature that can show related story from different source, but the sources are not configurable and the algorithm is not transparent either. So with RSS Brain, I implemented these features: * Recommend related articles from the feeds of your choice. It's backed by ElasticSearch and the algorithm is described on RSS…

    2022 · rssbrain.com · its alternatives →

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