Skip to content

QuartzUnit/feedkit

Repository files navigation

FeedKit

PyPI Python License Tests

한국어 문서

RSS/Atom feed collection with 444 curated, verified feeds. CLI + Python API + MCP server.

Quick Start

pip install feedkit

feedkit search cloudflare           # search the built-in catalog
feedkit subscribe-catalog -c technology   # subscribe to all 68 tech feeds
feedkit collect                     # fetch all subscriptions (async parallel)
feedkit find "kubernetes"           # full-text search collected articles

Install

pip install feedkit             # core (CLI + Python API)
pip install "feedkit[mcp]"      # + MCP server
pip install "feedkit[all]"      # + MCP + OPML import/export

Requirements: Python 3.11+

How It Works

flowchart LR
    A["📋 Catalog\n444 curated feeds"] --> B["Subscribe\nselect feeds"]
    B --> C["🔄 Collect\nfetch new entries"]
    C --> D["📦 Store\nSQLite database"]
    D --> E["🔍 Query\nfilter & retrieve"]
Loading

CLI Reference

Catalog Commands

feedkit search [QUERY]

Search the built-in catalog of 444 curated feeds.

feedkit search aws                    # search by title or domain
feedkit search --category science     # filter by category
feedkit search --language ko          # filter by language
feedkit search -c finance -l en -n 50 # combine filters
feedkit search -j                     # JSON output (for piping)
Option Short Default Description
--category -c Filter by category
--language -l Filter by language code (en, ko, ja, zh)
--limit -n 20 Max results
--json-output -j Output as JSON

feedkit categories

List all available catalog categories.

$ feedkit categories
  academia
  finance
  pets
  science
  society
  technology

feedkit stats

Show catalog and local subscription statistics.

$ feedkit stats
Catalog: 444 feeds
  academia: 13
  finance: 89
  pets: 27
  science: 128
  society: 119
  technology: 68

Local: 68 subscriptions, 1,247 articles

Subscription Commands

feedkit subscribe <URL>

Subscribe to a single feed.

feedkit subscribe https://blog.cloudflare.com/rss/
feedkit subscribe https://example.com/rss -c tech -t "My Feed"
Option Short Description
--category -c Category label
--title -t Display title override

feedkit subscribe-catalog -c <CATEGORY>

Subscribe to all feeds in a catalog category at once.

feedkit subscribe-catalog -c technology   # subscribe to all 68 tech feeds
feedkit subscribe-catalog -c science      # subscribe to all 128 science feeds

feedkit unsubscribe <URL>

Remove a feed subscription and its collected articles.

feedkit list

List all current subscriptions with fetch counts and error counts.

Collection Commands

feedkit collect

Fetch new articles from all subscribed feeds (async parallel).

feedkit collect                    # collect all
feedkit collect -c technology      # collect only tech feeds
feedkit collect -n 50              # max 50 concurrent requests
Option Short Default Description
--category -c Only collect from this category
--concurrency -n 20 Max concurrent HTTP requests

Output:

Collecting from 68 feeds...
 67/68 feeds OK, 412 new articles, 8234ms

feedkit latest

Show most recently collected articles.

feedkit latest                # latest 20 articles
feedkit latest -n 50          # latest 50
feedkit latest -c finance     # latest from finance only

feedkit find <QUERY>

Full-text search (SQLite FTS5) across all collected articles.

feedkit find "kubernetes deployment"
feedkit find "large language model" -n 50

OPML Commands

feedkit import-opml <PATH>

Import feeds from an OPML file (Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, etc.).

feedkit import-opml subscriptions.opml

feedkit export-opml <PATH>

Export current subscriptions to OPML.

feedkit export-opml backup.opml

Python API

from feedkit import search_catalog, fetch_feed, get_catalog_stats, FeedStore
from feedkit.core import collect

# Search the built-in catalog
feeds = search_catalog("cloudflare")
feeds = search_catalog(category="technology", language="en", limit=50)

# Fetch a single feed (async)
entries = await fetch_feed("https://blog.cloudflare.com/rss/")
for entry in entries:
    print(entry.title, entry.url, entry.published)

# Subscribe and collect
store = FeedStore()                              # SQLite at ~/.feedkit/feedkit.db
store.subscribe("https://blog.cloudflare.com/rss/", category="tech")
result = await collect(store, concurrency=20)    # async parallel fetch
print(f"{result.new_articles} new, {result.feeds_ok}/{result.feeds_total} OK")

# Search collected articles (FTS5)
articles = store.search("kubernetes", count=10)

# Latest articles
articles = store.get_latest(count=20, category="tech")

# Feed health
health = store.get_health()                      # fetch/error counts per feed

# Catalog stats
stats = get_catalog_stats()                      # {total_feeds, categories, languages}

store.close()

Key Classes

Class Description
FeedStore SQLite-backed subscription + article store (~/.feedkit/feedkit.db)
FeedEntry Single entry from a fetched feed (title, url, summary, published, author)
CollectResult Bulk collection result (feeds_ok, feeds_error, new_articles, duration_ms)
CatalogFeed Entry from the built-in catalog (url, title, category, subcategory, language, domain)

MCP Server

pip install "feedkit[mcp]"
feedkit-mcp                    # starts stdio MCP server

Configuration

Claude Code (~/.claude/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feedkit": {
      "command": "feedkit-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools Reference

# Tool Parameters Description
1 fetch_single_feed url, count=10 Fetch entries from any RSS/Atom URL (no subscription needed)
2 search_feed_catalog query, category, language, count=20 Search the built-in 444-feed catalog
3 catalog_stats Get catalog statistics (total, by category, by language)
4 subscribe_feed url, title, category Subscribe to a feed for ongoing collection
5 unsubscribe_feed url Remove a subscription
6 list_subscriptions List all subscriptions with status
7 collect_feeds category Collect new articles from all subscriptions
8 search_articles query, count=10 Full-text search across collected articles
9 get_latest_articles category, count=20 Get most recently collected articles

MCP Workflow Example

User: "What are the latest AI papers on arXiv?"

1. search_feed_catalog(query="arxiv", category="science")
   → finds arXiv cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.CL feeds

2. subscribe_feed(url="https://rss.arxiv.org/rss/cs.AI")

3. collect_feeds(category="science")
   → fetches new entries

4. get_latest_articles(category="science", count=10)
   → returns latest papers

Built-in Catalog

444 verified feeds across 6 categories. All audited — hard paywalls (Bloomberg, FT, WSJ) and broken URLs removed.

Category Feeds Subcategories Highlights
technology 68 ai_ml, developer, it_news, security, startup, ... AWS, Cloudflare, Stripe, Netflix, HN, Go Blog, Rust Blog
science 128 journal, preprint, news, government Nature, Science, arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, NASA, PLOS
society 119 news_us, news_ko, news_uk, news_intl, factcheck, ... BBC, NPR, NYT, NHK, JTBC, PolitiFact, Snopes
finance 89 markets, central_bank, regulatory, crypto Fed, BOE, BOJ, SEC, CNBC, CoinDesk, Yahoo Finance
pets 27 veterinary, community, blog, health AKC, PetMD, ASPCA, dvm360, r/dogs, r/cats
academia 13 ai_ml, research, institution Google AI, DeepMind, Stanford HAI, Hugging Face

Languages: English (381), Korean (47), Japanese (14), Chinese (2)

Full feed list: CATALOG.md

Why FeedKit?

awesome-rss-feeds (2.1K★) engineering-blogs (37.5K★) FeedKit
Type Markdown list Markdown list Python package
Feeds ~500 ~600 444
Scope General Tech blogs only Tech + Science + Finance + News + Factcheck
Last update 2021 (stale) 2022 (stale) Active (daily collection)
Verified working No No Yes (778K+ articles collected)
Legal audit No No Yes (paywall/ToS feeds removed)
CLI No No Yes (12 commands)
Programmatic API No No Yes (async Python)
MCP server No No Yes (9 tools)
OPML No No Yes (import/export)
FTS search No No Yes (SQLite FTS5)

Disclaimer

This package distributes a catalog of publicly available RSS feed URLs, not the feed content itself. RSS is a syndication standard — publishing an RSS feed is an explicit invitation for readers to subscribe. FeedKit fetches feeds on the user's behalf and does not store or redistribute copyrighted content.

Feeds behind hard paywalls (Bloomberg, FT, WSJ, Barron's) and feeds with aggressive terms of service have been removed from the catalog.

Used in

  • newswatch — RSS news monitoring pipeline (feedkit → markgrab → embgrep → diffgrab)

License

MIT

About

RSS/Atom feed collection with 449 curated feeds. Python MCP server included.

Topics

Resources

License

Contributing

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Packages

 
 
 

Contributors

Languages