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rss2email

Get RSS and Atom feeds as email messages

RSS & News Readers ★ 459 stars Easy setup GPL-3.0

rss2email is a tool that converts RSS and Atom feeds into email messages and sends them to your inbox. It allows you to follow feeds using only your existing email client.

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Key features

  • Feeds converted to email
  • Use any email client
  • Simple cron-based operation

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Is rss2email secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for rss2email's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

rss2email replaces

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