Alternatives to Open RSS
Non-profit service publishing RSS feeds for sites that dropped theirs. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Open RSS
Non-profit service publishing RSS feeds for sites that dropped theirs.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Open RSS.
RSSHub
Generates RSS feeds for sites that do not publish one.
RSSHub is MIT-licensed and self-hostable with hundreds of community routes, though public instances are often rate limited by the sites they scrape.
rss-bridge
Generate feeds for websites that do not publish them.
rss-bridge is an Unlicense self-hostable collection of site-specific bridges, so you run it yourself and individual bridges can break when websites change.
RSS.app
An online service that generates RSS feeds from websites, social media, keyword searches and newsletters.
RSS.app is a commercial freemium service with a visual builder, filtering, translation and auto-posting to Discord, Slack and Telegram, with a limited free tier.
FetchRSS
An online RSS generator that builds feeds from almost any web page or social media page.
FetchRSS is a freemium hosted generator with a visual builder that handles Facebook, YouTube and Reddit pages, with heavier use requiring a paid plan.
PolitePaul
Creates an RSS feed from any web page by picking elements.
PolitePaul lets you create a feed from any page by pointing and clicking, but free use limits feed count and polling frequency, unlike the free non-profit Open RSS.
Feed Creator
A web tool from FiveFilters that turns web pages into RSS feeds using CSS selectors or AI.
Feed Creator from FiveFilters builds feeds with CSS selectors or AI detection and keyword filters, needing some HTML knowledge and a premium key for some use.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
GetRSSFeed
A web tool that finds the RSS feed URL behind podcast pages, YouTube channels and websites.
FreshRSS
A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.
Feedly
Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.
RSSHub Radar
A browser extension that finds RSS feeds and RSSHub routes for the page you are viewing.
Kill the Newsletter!
A web tool that turns email newsletters into Atom feeds you can read in a feed reader.
