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Github📡 Super RSS
An Obsidian plugin that fetches RSS feeds and saves articles as notes in your vault.
Available in the Obsidian Community Plugins directory.
✨ Features
🗒️ Note Templates
- Control filename, frontmatter, and content using template variables.
- Override global settings per feed (fetch interval, template, cleanup rules).
📁 Feed Organization
- Batch edit feeds.
- Group feeds into collapsible folders.
- Folders rename automatically when feeds are moved or edited.
🔍 Deduplication
- Scans your rss folder before importing to avoid duplicate notes.
- Tracks imported entries in a local database.
🧹 Auto-Cleanup
- Delete old notes automatically after a configurable period.
- Choose whether to measure age by publication date or saved date.
- Skip cleanup for notes that have a specific property checked.
✅ Mark as Read
- URI handler lets you mark items as read from within a note.
- Optional: delete the note automatically on mark as read.
- Mark as read in Obsidian Bases.
🖼️ Images
- Link images from articles to your notes.
- Optional: download images locally to your vault.
▶️ YouTube
- Automatically detect youtube rss by channel link.
- Picks the highest available thumbnail resolution.
- Fetches video duration for YouTube links.
- Optional: Toggle to skip shorts or live streams.
📦 Installation
Install Super RSS from Settings → Community plugins inside Obsidian.
📖 Template Variables
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
{{title}} |
Article title |
{{author}} |
Author name |
{{datepub}} |
Publication date from the feed |
{{datesaved}} |
Date the note was created |
{{snippet}} |
Short description or summary |
{{feedname}} |
Name of the source feed |
{{link}} |
Original article URL |
{{image}} |
Local or remote image path |
{{duration}} |
Video duration (YouTube only) |
{{#tags}} |
Tags derived from feed categories |
{{content}} |
Full article content |
💬 Support
📄 License
MIT — see LICENSE.
Note from the author
I am not a programmer. I built Super RSS because it was a tool I needed for my own workflow, and I decided to share it in case it helps other people too.
This plugin was created over roughly four months using the tools Claude and Codex.