List of RSS feeds distributed by each software on Fediverse
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
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Software that only contains the user’s RSS feed
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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
- Lemmy
Reference
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Fediverse in general
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Lemmy
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Mastodon
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Misskey
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)
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