Podcast/RSS feed processor recombines missing entries using archive.org
Backfeed proxies RSS feeds concatenated with historical content from archive.org
Podcast/RSS feed processor recombines missing entries using archive.org launched on August 4, 2015 with 20 votes, #1,387 of 3,588 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
In plain words
Backfeed is an RSS feed proxy that combines current feed entries with historical content retrieved from archive.org snapshots. Users provide their RSS feed URL and receive a Backfeed URL to use in their news aggregator or podcatcher instead, gaining access to older items that were previously published but dropped from the official feed. This is particularly useful for feeds that display only recent entries while older content has been archived but remains unavailable through the standard feed.
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Backfeed takes an RSS feed and concatenates it with deduplicated historical items from snapshots of the feed saved in the archive.org Wayback Machine . You’ll get a Backfeed URL to enter into your news aggregator or podcatcher which will give you access to a larger set of items than the official feed. This is useful when a RSS feed author includes only a few items in the latest feed, but you know there are older items which are just notfrom backfeed.strangecode.com
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