1 Preliminaries

I’ll suppose you know what RSS/Atom is, and you have a RSS client. If that’s the case, skip this section.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a file format used by programs called news aggregator, keeping track of new content. You don’t have to check manually every blog, news… Just configure your aggregator to follow it, you’ll get every news there.

Most aggregators can use a variety of format, mainly RSS and Atom. If you don’t have yet, I recommend newsraft for those living in the terminal (like me), Miniflux if you need a GUI and Feeder on Android.

2 Getting RSS from…

Some websites don’t offer RSS/Atom directly, but still have hidden feeds available without logging in :

• …Codeberg: Supports both RSS & Atom, has buttons \o/
  • The one for commits is hidden in the branch menu ;)
• …Github:
  • For commits on a certain branch, use https://github.com/{username}/{repo}/commits/{branch}.atom
  • For tags, use https://github.com/{username}/{repo}/tags.atom
  • For releases, use https://github.com/{username}/{repo}/releases.atom
  • Note: You can probably do more with Github API, but it requires a Personal Access Token -_-
• …Youtube: You can follow channels easily: first, find the channel ID (mess with the inspector a bit, it’s hidden in there); next use https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={id}.