RSS and Atom Feed Reader Online
RSS & Atom Feed Reader - online, fast, free
RSSAtom Reader Online lets you read RSS and Atom feeds directly in your browser without registration or extra reader software. Enter a feed URL or website URL and the content is displayed right away.
How it works
- Enter a feed URL: Use a direct feed link such as
example.com/rss.xml, or enter a website URL. The reader detects RSS or Atom automatically. - Display the feed: Current entries are shown in a readable view, including title, description, date, author and category where available.
- Check details: The reader also shows technical information such as feed type, language, encoding and the number of feed entries.
No https:// is required. The reader can add the missing protocol automatically. Feeds with umlauts, special characters or common encoding issues are handled as robustly as possible.
Integration into your website
You can link RSSAtom Reader from your own website and open a specific feed directly in the online reader.
Option 1: You have the direct feed URL:
Option 2: Your website includes the feed in its head area, for example <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://your-website.com/rss.xml">. In that case this is enough:
What is an RSS or Atom feed?
An RSS or Atom feed is a standardized XML file that websites use to publish current content such as news, blog posts, podcasts or articles. It lets you follow new content without manually checking the website again and again.
Benefits of RSS and Atom feeds
- Automatically fetch current content
- Read updates from different websites in one place
- Easy integration into your own projects or websites
- Useful for news sites, blogs, portals and specialist magazines
How RSS began
RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, is an XML-based format that was originally developed by Netscape in the late 1990s. The first version appeared in 1999 as RDF Site Summary. Later variants such as RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0 became established worldwide standards for automatically publishing content. In parallel, the Atom format was created. It offers similar functions, but is technically somewhat more flexible.
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find the RSS feed of a website?
Many websites include their feed in the source code with <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">. You can often open this file directly in the browser via /feed or /rss.xml.
What if I do not enter https://?
No problem. The reader can add the missing protocol, either http:// or https://, automatically.
Does the reader support websites without a direct feed URL?
If a website links to its feed in the head area, RSSAtom Reader Online tries to detect it automatically. If no feed exists, an error message is shown.
Are feed contents stored?
The feed is requested for display and may be stored briefly in technical caches so the reader stays fast and stable. Successfully checked feed sources can appear in the public latest successful feed requests overview with general feed metadata such as URL, title, description, feed type, entry count and timestamps. Only the latest unique sources are kept there; external feed content is not translated, rewritten or used to create private user profiles.
How are umlauts or special characters handled?
Automatic charset detection and careful conversion help display feeds with UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252 and typical encoding problems correctly.
Technical details
- Based on the SimplePie library
- Automatic detection of RSS and Atom
- Support for different encodings such as UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1
- Safer display through HTML entity handling
- Responsive design for desktop, tablet and smartphone