Alternatives to PolitePaul

Creates an RSS feed from any web page by picking elements. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PolitePaul.

  • FetchRSS

    An online RSS generator that builds feeds from almost any web page or social media page.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    FetchRSS also offers a visual builder for any page and handles Facebook, YouTube and Reddit directly, with heavier use requiring a paid plan.

  • RSS.app

    An online service that generates RSS feeds from websites, social media, keyword searches and newsletters.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    RSS.app adds keyword search feeds, newsletters, filtering, translation and auto-posting to Discord, Slack and Telegram, with a limited free tier.

  • Feed Creator

    A web tool from FiveFilters that turns web pages into RSS feeds using CSS selectors or AI.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Feed Creator uses fine-grained CSS selectors or AI detection plus JavaScript rendering, which needs some HTML knowledge, and some use requires a premium key.

  • RSSHub

    Generates RSS feeds for sites that do not publish one.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    RSSHub is free and open source with hundreds of community routes and can be self-hosted, but covers predefined sites rather than arbitrary picked elements.

  • rss-bridge

    Generate feeds for websites that do not publish them.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    rss-bridge is a free, self-hostable Unlicense project with site-specific bridges instead of point-and-click selection, and bridges can break when sites change.

  • Open RSS

    Non-profit service publishing RSS feeds for sites that dropped theirs.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Open RSS is a free non-profit with no account, ads or tracking, but only covers sites it has implemented rather than any page you choose.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.