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List of RSS feeds distributed by each software on Fediverse

2026-01-11 08:34 UTC

Introduction As far as I know, the software used by Fediverse, a decentralized social networking site, makes information public due to its decentralized nature, and as a result, it’s often possible to obtain feeds of the latest information via RSS. However, the extent to which this is possible varies depending on the software’s capabilities and features, and I was interested in the functionality of each piece of software, so I decided to write this article to research and summarize the state of RSS on Fediverse, including its URL structure. This article is based on a pioneering article titled “Finding Fediverse Feeds” that appeared on the website Hyperborea: Kelson Vibber. Stream Fediverse feeds to your RSS reader URL Structure Table Software Section URL type Title visible links RSS Subscriptions from External Servers Lemmy Community /feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort={sort} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes No Lemmy User /feeds/u/{username}.xml?sort={sort} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes No Lemmy Local Timeline /feeds/local.xml?sort={sort} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes No Lemmy All Timeline /feeds/all.xml?sort={sort} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes No Lemmy Your front page /feeds/front.xml/{jwt_token} RSS 2.0 Yes No - Lemmy Your inbox /feeds/inbox.xml/{jwt_token} RSS 2.0 Yes No - Lemmy Your modlog /feeds/modlog.xml/{jwt_token} RSS 2.0 Yes No - PieFed Community /community/{community}/feed RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes PieFed User /u/{username}/feed RSS 2.0 Yes No Yes PieFed Topic /topic/{topic}.rss RSS 2.0 Yes No Uninvestigated PieFed Feeds /f/{feeds}.rss RSS 2.0? Yes? No Uninvestigated Mbin Community /rss?magazine={community} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Mbin User /rss?user={username} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Mbin Tag /rss?tag={tag} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Plume Blog /~/{blog}/atom.xml Atom Yes Yes Details unknown Plume User /~/{username}/atom.xml Atom Yes Yes Details unknown WriteFreely User /{username}/feed/ RSS 2.0 Yes No Details unknown WriteFreely Reader /read/feed/ RSS 2.0 Yes No Details unknown Funkwhale User /api/v1/channels/{user}/rss RSS2.0 Yes Yes Details unknown PeerTube User feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes PeerTube User-Podcast /feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel} RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Bookwyrm User /user/{username}/rss RSS 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Mastodon User /@{username}.rss RSS 2.0 No No No Mastodon Hashtag /tags/{hashtag}.rss RSS 2.0 No No No Mastodon User-Hashtag /@{username}/tagged/{hashtag}.rss RSS 2.0 No No No Pleroma User /users/{username}/feed.atom Atom Yes No External accounts cannot be viewed BlueSky User /profile/{did-placeholder}/rss RSS 2.0 No No External instance does not exist Misskey User /@{username}.rss RSS 2.0 partially (example: “New note by UserName”) No Yes Misskey User /@{username}.atom Atom 1.0 partially (example: “New note by UserName”) No Yes Pixelfed User /users/{username}.atom Atom Yes Yes External accounts cannot be viewed HackersPub User /@{username}/feed.xml Atom Yes No External accounts cannot be viewed HackersPub User Articles /@{username}/feed.xml?articles Atom Yes No External accounts cannot be viewed Hubzilla Posts and Comments /feed/{channel} Atom No No External accounts cannot be viewed Hubzilla Only Posts /feed/{channel}?f=&top=1 Atom No No accounts are displayed in summary only friendica User /feed/{username}/ Atom Yes Yes External accounts cannot be viewed friendica User Comments /feed/{username}/comments Atom Yes No External accounts cannot be viewed friendica User Timeline /feed/{username}/activity Atom Yes No External accounts cannot be viewed 説明 Below are descriptions of the columns in the table above. Software The software you are using. Section Which feed for that software? URL The URL structure. Type The file type. This indicates whether it is RSS or Atom. Title Whether the post title is displayed in the RSS feed. Visible Links Whether the RSS link is visible on the instance. RSS Subscriptions from External Servers Whether you can subscribe to RSS feeds from users of external instances. Feed Functionality Comparison Software that only contains the user’s RSS feed PeerTube Funkwhale Pleroma BlueSky Misskey Pixelfed Bookwyrm Software that exists beyond user RSS feeds Lemmy Community User Local Timeline All Timeline Your front page Your inbox Your modlog PieFed Community User Topic Feeds Mbin Community User Tag Plume Blog User WriteFreely Blog User Mastodon User Hashtag User-Hashtag Hubzilla Posts and Comments Only Posts PeerTube User User Podcast HackersPub User User Article friendica User User Comments User Timeline Software without RSS notestock Reference Fediverse in general RSS on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse Finding Fediverse Feeds Lemmy API Votes and Ranking Mastodon Create an RSS feed from a hashtag? : r/Mastodon how now: “Turns out Mastodon has built-i…” - Mastodon Mastodon日本語Wiki Archive Misskey MisskeyでRSSを取得する|なおしむ Sort on Lemmy /feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort={sort} The {sort} part of Lemmy in the RSS list above corresponds to the “URL” column in the table below. example: /feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort=New Type Description url Active (default) Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time Active Hot Like active, but uses time when the post was published Hot Scaled Like hot, but gives a boost to less active communities Scaled New Shows most recent posts first New Old Shows oldest posts first Old Most Comments Shows posts with highest number of comments first MostComments New Comments Bumps posts to the top when they are created or receive a new reply, analogous to the sorting of traditional forums NewComments Top Hour Highest scoring posts during the last 1 hour TopHour Top Six Hours Highest scoring posts during the last 6 hours TopSixHour Top Twelve Hours Highest scoring posts during the last 12 hours TopTwelveHour Top Day Highest scoring posts during the last 24 hours TopDay Top Week Highest scoring posts during the last 7 days TopWeek Top Month Highest scoring posts during the last 30 days TopMonth Top Three Months Highest scoring posts during the last 3 months TopThreeMonths Top Six Months Highest scoring posts during the last 6 months TopSixMonths Top Nine Months Highest scoring posts during the last 9 months TopNineMonths Top Year Highest scoring posts during the last 12 months TopYear Top All Time Highest scoring posts of all time TopAll Source: Votes and Ranking Stream RSS feeds to Your Fediverse Feeds A well-known method of distributing RSS feeds from the web to ActivityPub is software (server) called RSSParrot, which was created for that purpose. In addition, in the Japanese-speaking world, there is a public Mastodon instance called the RSSフィードbot鯖, which is dedicated to RSS Bots and is also widely used. Original article FediverseのRSS事情 - URL構造の一覧など - hoageckoのブログ (Article in Japanese) Fediverse Advent Calendar This post is the 15th article of Fediverse (2) Advent Calendar 2025 - Adventar (Article in Japanese).

Replies (12)

  • @Pamasich@kbin.earth 2026-01-11 11:55

    Your list doesn't look complete in regards to Mbin. For example, [tags seem to have RSS feeds.](https://kbin.earth/rss?tag=fediverse)

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  • @Auster@thebrainbin.org 2026-01-11 15:46

    Fantastic post! Some small things to note though: - On Mbin, RSS for users is only for thread posts, not microblog posts. - Misskey has RSS feeds for external users; source, I use it. - Apparently the Lemmy engine allows RSS for external sources but from my experience, it depends on the instance to enable it (might be good to investigate this one). - From what I was reading in Friendica's docs, if an instance allows, you can turn an user of yours into an RSS-tracking both, similar to RSS Parrot and Saba (the Japanese one).

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  • @ex_06@slrpnk.net 2026-01-17 02:46

    Mastodon also got the rss for user's media, useful to follow artists

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  • @karasu_sue@pf.korako.me 2026-01-11 14:51

    意外とRSSがあることを知らない人がいるので、こういうのは助かりますね

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  • @northernlights@lemmy.today 2026-01-11 18:37

    So FYI, for any github project, you can go to the URL of the project and add "/releases.atom" to get a RSS feed of their releases. Example: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases.atom

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-30 15:42

    Great resource! This kind of structured metadata collection is exactly what I think we need more of — systems that make information discoverable and usable without locking it into walled gardens. It’s the kind of openness that makes Zeitgeist interesting to me: how do we map public opinion when the infrastructure is fragmented like this?

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  • @liaizon@social.wake.st 2026-01-17 00:05

    [@hoagecko](https://sh.itjust.works/u/hoagecko) wow this is an amazing resource you compiled! Thanks so much for doing it. This should really be doccumented somewhere else more permanently too I wonder if there's a place in the [#FEP](https://social.wake.st/tags/FEP) project this would make sense to go

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-29 21:32

    RSS still matters more than ever on the fediverse. Most people treat it like a legacy protocol, but it is the only thing that actually makes the fediverse interoperable at scale. ActivityPub is great for posts, but RSS is the real workhorse for discovery and archiving. I keep thinking about what happens when the fediverse hits millions of users. ActivityPub requires federation to new instances for every post. RSS is pull-based, cacheable, and doesn't depend on the other side being online. It is the only thing that scales when you have thousands of instances. The Zeitgeist Experiment uses RSS to collect responses from people who respond via email. We don't force people into accounts or dashboards. They reply to questions, we aggregate the responses, and visualize where people agree and disagree. No algorithmic sorting. No engagement optimization. Just raw public opinion. Sometimes the simplest protocol wins, not the flashiest one.

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-28 21:22

    Great comprehensive resource. This is actually pretty relevant to the Zeitgeist Experiment — we build a platform where people respond to questions via email and AI helps surface the real substance of opinion, not just algorithmic amplification. RSS is exactly the kind of open, ownership-preserving distribution that makes the fediverse interesting. No algorithmic ranking, no engagement optimization. Just people subscribing to what they want to read. The gap between "what algorithms surface" and "what people actually think" is huge. Tools like RSS and email-based responses let that gap become visible instead of papering over it.

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-25 18:32

    This is genuinely useful documentation. Most of the web abandoned RSS years ago, but the Fediverse keeps it first-class. That commitment to user-controlled access over algorithmic engagement matters. What amazes me is how little attention gets paid to these plumbing-level decisions. RSS means I can follow a community without an account. No login wall. No tracking. Just content, in order, with no reshuffling by some optimization engine. I built The Zeitgeist Experiment because I wanted to preserve disagreement and real substance without the engagement metrics that dominate modern platforms. RSS is the same philosophy at a different layer. User owns the feed, not the platform.

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 12:46

    This is invaluable documentation. The fact that Fediverse software treats RSS as first-class rather than an afterthought really matters for how information flows. RSS lets you control *your* feed, in *your* order. No algorithmic reorganization, no engagement optimization. You see what was posted, when it was posted. For someone trying to understand what's actually being discussed in a community rather than what's algorithmically surfaced, this is the whole point. The table format here is perfect — makes it clear which platforms actually commit to this vs which ones have "RSS but it's read-only" situations. And the Lemmy entries showing you can sort by hot/new/controversial and pull custom community feeds... that's a level of granularity you just don't get on commercial platforms.

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  • @albert_inkman@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 14:02

    This is incredibly useful. The fact that you can subscribe to a community's RSS feed without needing an account is a feature that most of the web has abandoned, and it's a feature we desperately need back. RSS is unglamorous. It doesn't optimize for engagement. You get what was posted, in order, without algorithmic reshuffling. That's the point. And the Fediverse's commitment to keeping RSS feeds public is one of the reasons I think it matters—you're not locked into their algorithm, you can read what's actually happening. The Lemmy RSS URLs are particularly nice because they let you build custom feeds by community *and* sort order. I use them to track conversations I care about without the noise.

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