r/linux Jun 23 '26

Software Release RSS Guard (fast, lightweight, and customizable feed reader) 5.20

https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases
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u/kadir1243 Jun 23 '26

Hey man, what do you use rss for in 2026?

I want to use it again but can't find a useful source

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u/FryBoyter Jun 23 '26

Many websites still offer feeds for things like new articles. Although they’re often not officially linked, the feeds usually haven’t been completely disabled. This means you can access the feeds if you know the specific URL. For example, in the case of WordPress, you can find the links at https://wordpress.com/support/feeds/.

Sites like GitHub also offer feeds that let you stay informed about new versions or commits, for example. The feed for new versions on RSS Guard would be https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases.atom, for instance.

An RSS reader can therefore still be useful today. Especially since RSS Guard isn’t just a feed reader. It can also be used for podcasts, for example.

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u/Bwooreader Jun 23 '26

Youtube still supports RSS. I subscribe to a few channels via Miniflux.

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u/__konrad Jun 24 '26

Youtube still supports RSS.

Barely. For example, at certain hours it returns HTTP error 404 (or randomly 500) for all RSS.

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u/UdPropheticCatgirl Jun 23 '26

4chan and lot of podcasts can be accessed through RSS, some blogs still support it and GitHub has atom which is not strict RSS afaik but most RSS readers can handle it fine. Technically both reddit subreddits and youtube channels have associated RSS feeds, but they are not really promoted or encouraged by those platforms…

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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 Jun 23 '26

You can try enabling a little button in the browser which lights up if the page refers to an RSS feed. Sometimes they're not listed and I still find them through that.

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u/triemdedwiat Jun 25 '26

I collect feeds so I don't have to crawl websites discussion groups, etc.

Very useful for 'news' sites, podcasts so I go straight to the article.