Your Reading, Intelligently Curated
Imagine opening your RSS reader and seeing exactly what matters—not buried under hundreds of duplicates, promotional fluff, or yesterday’s news. No endless scrolling. No FOMO. Just the stories you actually want to read.
That’s RSSMonster.
The Problem with Traditional RSS Readers
You subscribe to 50 feeds. The same breaking story appears in 15 of them. Promotional content sneaks through. Clickbait competes with long-form journalism. Everything fights for your attention in a never-ending chronological stream.
You end up skimming everything and reading nothing.
How RSSMonster Is Different
🧠 It Understands Your Content
RSSMonster doesn’t just collect articles—it reads them. It evaluates quality, identifies duplicates, and learns which sources you trust. Every article gets scored on what matters: writing quality, originality, and whether it’s actually worth your time.
🎯 You See What Matters First
Instead of “newest first,” RSSMonster ranks by importance. Breaking news from multiple trusted sources? Top of your list. Duplicate coverage? Clustered together and shown once. Promotional spam? Filtered out or ranked low automatically.
📂 Smart Folders Do The Work For You
Create views that adapt automatically:
- “Top Stories Today” — what’s breaking and why it matters
- “Worth Your Time” — high-quality deep dives, no fluff
- “Quick Scan” — your daily overview, summarized
- “Low Noise Mode” — maximum signal, zero spam
Each Smart Folder is a living query. New content flows in; irrelevant content stays out.
🔍 Search Like You Think
Ask for what you want, naturally:
title:javascript @today quality:>0.7unread:true sort:recommended- Or just: “Show me tech articles from last week”
No complex syntax to memorize. RSSMonster speaks your language.
Built For Real Reading
✨ Intelligent Ranking — Freshness, quality, and coverage combine to surface what actually matters
🤖 AI Assistant — Ask questions in plain language, get instant answers from your reading history
🚫 Duplicate Filtering — See each story once, even if 20 feeds cover it
📱 Works Everywhere — Install as a Progressive Web App on any device
🔒 Privacy First — Self-hosted, multi-user, your data stays yours
🔗 Universal Compatibility — Works with Reeder, FeedMe, News+, and other RSS clients
Who RSSMonster Is For
You’ll love RSSMonster if you:
- Follow overlapping sources and see the same stories everywhere
- Want less noise without subscribing to fewer feeds
- Care about quality over quantity
- Like being in control — transparent scoring, customizable views
- Miss Google Reader and want something better
Ready to Take Back Your Reading Time?
RSSMonster works out of the box with sensible defaults, but every ranking decision is transparent and adjustable. No black-box algorithms. No vendor lock-in. Just intelligent content curation under your control.
Get Started → — Up and running in minutes
See It In Action → — Reading modes and mobile layouts Deep Dive → — How it all works
Explore the Documentation
- Getting Started — Installation, setup, first steps
- Configuration — Environment variables and tuning
- First Login — Registration, sign-in, and development login
- Core Concepts — How RSSMonster thinks about content
- Smart Folders — Create powerful dynamic views
- Scoring & Ranking — Importance, quality, and attention explained
- Search Guide — Master search expressions
- Article Embedding — How semantic article representations work
- API & Integrations — Fever API, Google Reader API, and more
- Rule-Based Tags — Apply tags automatically using filters
RSSMonster is open source and built with love by Piethein Strengholt. MIT licensed.