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       # Sfeed: simple RSS and Atom parser
       
       Last modification on 2022-11-05
       
       Sfeed is a RSS and Atom parser (and some format programs).
       
       It converts RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file. There are
       formatting programs included to convert this TAB-separated format to various
       other formats. There are also some programs and scripts included to import and
       export OPML and to fetch, filter, merge and order feed items.
       
   DIR For the most (up-to-date) information see the »README«.
       
       
       ## Clone
       
               git clone git://git.codemadness.org/sfeed
       
       
       ## Browse
       
       You can browse the source-code at:
       
  HTML * https://git.codemadness.org/sfeed/
   DIR * gopher://codemadness.org/1/git/sfeed
       
       
       ## Download releases
       
       Releases are available at:
       
  HTML * https://codemadness.org/releases/sfeed/
   DIR * gopher://codemadness.org/1/releases/sfeed
       
       
       ## Build and install
       
               $ make
               # make install
       
       
       ## Screenshot and examples
       
   IMG Screenshot of sfeed piped to sfeed_plain using dmenu in vertical-list mode
       
  HTML The above screenshot uses the sfeed_plain format program with »dmenu«.  This
       program outputs the feed items in a compact way per line as plain-text to
       stdout.  The dmenu program reads these lines from stdin and displays them as a
       X11 list menu. When an item is selected in dmenu it prints this item to stdout.
       A simple written script can then filter for the URL in this output and do some
       action, like opening it in some browser or open a podcast in your music player.
       
       For example:
       
               #!/bin/sh
               url=$(sfeed_plain "$HOME/.sfeed/feeds/"* | dmenu -l 35 -i | \
                       sed -n 's@^.* \([a-zA-Z]*://\)\(.*\)$@\1\2@p')
               test -n "${url}" && $BROWSER "${url}"
       
       However this is just one way to format and interact with feed items.
       See also the README for other practical examples.
       
       Below are some examples of output that are supported by the included format
       programs:
       
  TEXT * plain text (UTF-8)
  TEXT * atom
       * gopher
  HTML * HTML (CSS)
  HTML * HTML frames
  TEXT * JSON Feed
  TEXT * mbox
  TEXT * twtxt
       
   DIR There is also a curses UI front-end, see the page »sfeed_curses«.
       It is now part of sfeed.
       
       
       ## Videos
       
       Here are some videos of other people showcasing some of the functionalities of
       sfeed, sfeed_plain and sfeed_curses.  To the creators: thanks for making these!
       
  HTML * sfeed: RSS/Atom Feeds without the Suck (Youtube)  
  HTML   by »noocsharp«
   BIN   (mirror)  
         Video published on March 8 2020.
  HTML * Sfeed - news in the terminal with minimalism (Youtube)  
  HTML   by »Gavin Freeborn«
   BIN   (mirror)  
         Video published on January 15 2021.
  HTML * Sfeed - Peak Minimal RSS Feed Reader (Youtube)  
  HTML   by »Brodie Robertson«
   BIN   (mirror)  
         Video published on February 23 2021.
  HTML * RSS with sfeed, fdm, and mblaze! (Youtube)  
  HTML   by »Joseph Choe«
   BIN   (mirror)  
  HTML   Website: »https://josephchoe.com/rss-terminal«  
         Video published on 4 November 2022.