RSS.app

YES

Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent.

Creates an RSS feed from a page that does not offer one, by watching the page and turning repeated elements into feed entries.

Promptfree, for everyone, and the only version there is

Generate feeds from pages yourself.

STACK
- A scheduled worker, Playwright when a page needs JavaScript, SQLite, a static feed file

EXTRACTING
- Per source: a container selector, then a title, link and date selector inside it
- Resolve relative links against the page URL
- If the container selector matches nothing, alert rather than publishing an empty feed

STABLE ENTRIES
- The GUID is a hash of the absolute link, never the position or the title
- A changed title must not create a second entry

BEING POLITE
- Respect robots.txt, identify yourself, and poll no more than hourly
- Cache with ETag so an unchanged page costs nothing

THE OUTPUT
- A static RSS file written to storage and served with cache headers; no service in the request path

Include the selector config, the GUID rule and the empty-feed alert.

What you lose

Selectors that keep working when a site changes its markup, which is the recurring cost
Rendering pages that need JavaScript before extracting
Hosted feed URLs with caching

If you would rather not build

A scraper writing a static XML file

The escape hatch

open source · no votes, no paid placement

RSS-Bridge

Generates feeds for sites that do not offer them, with many bridges built in.

RSS-Bridge/rss-bridgefree · open source

changedetection.io

Watches pages and can publish changes as a feed.

dgtlmoon/changedetection.iofree · open source

Why this verdict

our own opinion · changed only by a person

87/100

Verdict yes at 87. Selectors plus a hash for the GUID. Alerting on an empty extraction is what stops a silently broken feed.

History

tracked since 10 Aug 2026 · nothing is ever overwritten

Interest · last 30 days

Nothing recorded yet. This chart fills in once the page has visitors, votes or prompt copies — it will not draw a flat line to look busy.

Questions about RSS.app

answered from the record above

Is RSS.app free?

No — the plan we track is $9.99 a month. Basic at around $9.99/month billed monthly for a number of generated feeds.

Can you replace RSS.app by building your own?

YES. Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent. Replacement score 87 out of 100, build time one session. Read what you lose before you decide.

How much does RSS.app cost?

$9.99 a month on Basic — $119.88 a year. Recorded 10 Aug 2026.

What do you lose by replacing RSS.app?

Selectors that keep working when a site changes its markup, which is the recurring cost; Rendering pages that need JavaScript before extracting; Hosted feed URLs with caching. If any of those carry weight for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to RSS.app?

Yes: RSS-Bridge, changedetection.io. The prompt on this page is for when you want it your way instead.

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