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

SoftwareSectionURLtypeTitlevisible linksRSS Subscriptions from External ServersLemmyCommunity/feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort={sort}RSS 2.0YesYesNoLemmyUser/feeds/u/{username}.xml?sort={sort}RSS 2.0YesYesNoLemmyLocal Timeline/feeds/local.xml?sort={sort}RSS 2.0YesYesNoLemmyAll Timeline/feeds/all.xml?sort={sort}RSS 2.0YesYesNoLemmyYour front page/feeds/front.xml/{jwt_token}RSS 2.0YesNo-LemmyYour inbox/feeds/inbox.xml/{jwt_token}RSS 2.0YesNo-LemmyYour modlog/feeds/modlog.xml/{jwt_token}RSS 2.0YesNo-PieFedCommunity/community/{community}/feedRSS 2.0YesYesYesPieFedUser/u/{username}/feedRSS 2.0YesNoYesPieFedTopic/topic/{topic}.rssRSS 2.0YesNoUninvestigatedPieFedFeeds/f/{feeds}.rssRSS 2.0?Yes?NoUninvestigatedMbinCommunity/rss?magazine={community}RSS 2.0YesYesYesMbinUser/rss?user={username}RSS 2.0YesYesYesMbinTag/rss?tag={tag}RSS 2.0YesYesYesPlumeBlog/~/{blog}/atom.xmlAtomYesYesDetails unknownPlumeUser/~/{username}/atom.xmlAtomYesYesDetails unknownWriteFreelyUser/{username}/feed/RSS 2.0YesNoDetails unknownWriteFreelyReader/read/feed/RSS 2.0YesNoDetails unknownFunkwhaleUser/api/v1/channels/{user}/rssRSS2.0YesYesDetails unknownPeerTubeUserfeeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel}RSS 2.0YesYesYesPeerTubeUser-Podcast/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel}RSS 2.0YesYesYesBookwyrmUser/user/{username}/rssRSS 2.0YesYesYesMastodonUser/@{username}.rssRSS 2.0NoNoNoMastodonHashtag/tags/{hashtag}.rssRSS 2.0NoNoNoMastodonUser-Hashtag/@{username}/tagged/{hashtag}.rssRSS 2.0NoNoNoPleromaUser/users/{username}/feed.atomAtomYesNoExternal accounts cannot be viewedBlueSkyUser/profile/{did-placeholder}/rssRSS 2.0NoNoExternal instance does not existMisskeyUser/@{username}.rssRSS 2.0partially (example: “New note by UserName”)NoYesMisskeyUser/@{username}.atomAtom 1.0partially (example: “New note by UserName”)NoYesPixelfedUser/users/{username}.atomAtomYesYesExternal accounts cannot be viewedHackersPubUser/@{username}/feed.xmlAtomYesNoExternal accounts cannot be viewedHackersPubUser Articles/@{username}/feed.xml?articlesAtomYesNoExternal accounts cannot be viewedHubzillaPosts and Comments/feed/{channel}AtomNoNoExternal accounts cannot be viewedHubzillaOnly Posts/feed/{channel}?f=&top=1AtomNoNoaccounts are displayed in summary onlyfriendicaUser/feed/{username}/AtomYesYesExternal accounts cannot be viewedfriendicaUser Comments/feed/{username}/commentsAtomYesNoExternal accounts cannot be viewedfriendicaUser Timeline/feed/{username}/activityAtomYesNoExternal 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

TypeDescriptionurlActive (default)Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over timeActiveHotLike active, but uses time when the post was publishedHotScaledLike hot, but gives a boost to less active communitiesScaledNewShows most recent posts firstNewOldShows oldest posts firstOldMost CommentsShows posts with highest number of comments firstMostCommentsNew CommentsBumps posts to the top when they are created or receive a new reply, analogous to the sorting of traditional forumsNewCommentsTop HourHighest scoring posts during the last 1 hourTopHourTop Six HoursHighest scoring posts during the last 6 hoursTopSixHourTop Twelve HoursHighest scoring posts during the last 12 hoursTopTwelveHourTop DayHighest scoring posts during the last 24 hoursTopDayTop WeekHighest scoring posts during the last 7 daysTopWeekTop MonthHighest scoring posts during the last 30 daysTopMonthTop Three MonthsHighest scoring posts during the last 3 monthsTopThreeMonthsTop Six MonthsHighest scoring posts during the last 6 monthsTopSixMonthsTop Nine MonthsHighest scoring posts during the last 9 monthsTopNineMonthsTop YearHighest scoring posts during the last 12 monthsTopYearTop All TimeHighest scoring posts of all timeTopAll

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)

Fediverse Advent Calendar

This post is the 15th article of Fediverse (2) Advent Calendar 2025 - Adventar (Article in Japanese).

Good Morning Everyone,

The good news is, it's been more than three weeks since our last begpost!! We're both still employed and it looks like my upcoming average weekly hours are on the mend after the usual first-quarter retail slump.

The bad news is, we're still struggling a little to get on our feet. The increase of aforementioned scheduled work hours won't happen for several more weeks, so funds will be tight for a bit longer.

On top of that, we've had multiple one-off expenses; my partner finally convinced me to allow my six-year-old Pixel 4 to rest in peace, which will piss me off til the end of time because I know I could get at least a couple more years out of it if the damned battery weren't welded on. Fucking planned obsolescence.

It got to the point where it was getting very, very warm during charging and was almost unusable unless strapped to a wireless battery charger (the USB port ceased charging a couple years ago). We figured since I'm walking and/or riding the bus home from work late at night it might be a good idea to have a lifeline.

The phone replacement was probably the most significant expense this month, but we've also needed to address things or difficulties that we had indefinitely postponed due to our precarious poverity living situation the past two years until the #Fediverse gave us the chance to stage a true, honest-to-goodness comeback for the first time in our lives. We finally have all-purpose cleaner and Softscrub again after years of just.. not cleaning anything. Our pantry is slowly becoming stocked. An upgraded Crock-Pot (on a killer sale) gives us much more flexibility than the 2-qt slow-cooker we've always used.

We still need to get the oil changed, replace the wiper blades to have functional windshield wipers, and get the dog to the vet for the first time in almost five years. But.. one step at a time. We're still recovering and can't do everything at once, much as we wish we could.

Anyway since I'm off today and tomorrow, I have no daily pay advances to guess about which means I can start fundraising a couple days earlier this time, which is always helpful.

I realize this amount is even *greater* than what we needed at the beginning of January for rent, which seems like we're going backwards; but as I mentioned above, we had a substantial expense replacing my phone in addition to lower than usual weekly work hours and the cost of replenishing our pantry and fridge and so on. Without those almost exclusively one-time (or at least quite rare) expenses, this amount would be less than half.

So.. I must respectfully ask for your #MutualAid help yet again. I know things are.. awful everywhere. Everyone needs help right now; I can't begin to imagine what others are going through right now. I know there are so many, many people who need help. But if you can pitch in, we would be deeply grateful.

If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad.

Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3

#Solidarity #MentalIllness #BPD #PTSD @mutualaid