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
Software that only contains the user's RSS feed
PeerTube
Funkwhale
Pleroma
BlueSky
Misskey
Pixelfed
Bookwyrm
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
notestock
Reference
Fediverse in general
RSS on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
Finding Fediverse Feeds
Lemmy
API
Votes and Ranking
Mastodon
Create an RSS feed from a hashtag? : r/Mastodon
how now: "Turns out Mastodon has built-i…" - Mastodon
Mastodon日本語Wiki Archive
Misskey
MisskeyでRSSを取得する｜なおしむ
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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