Rho Reader

Rho Reader is an RSS reader plugin for Obsidian.

File over app: Every feed and every post is its own file in your vault.

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Rho was derived from Rhododendron after I discovered the existence of these beautiful flowers in a bedtime story.

Features

• Supports RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed formats.
• Import and export OPML.
• Tagging system to organise reading lists.

Workflows

Add an RSS feed URL to a note and get the posts alongside it.

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By default, clicking a post opens it in your web browser. It also marks the post as read, helping you track what you've seen.

[!TIP] Enable the Web Viewer core plugin to open posts inside Obsidian instead.

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Explore the Rho commands to get the most out of it.

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Installation

Requires Obsidian 1.9.0 or newer (Rho Reader is built on top of Obsidian Bases).

Option 1: Community plugins (recommended)

1. Open Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian.
2. Click Browse and search for "Rho Reader".
3. Click Install, then Enable.

Option 2: Manual install from GitHub Releases

1. Go to the Releases page and pick the latest release.
2. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css (attached as individual files on the release).
3. Place them in your vault at <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/rho-reader/ (create the folder if needed).
4. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Option 3: Build from source

cd <path-to-your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins
git clone git@github.com:scriptnull/rho-reader.git
cd rho-reader
npm install
npm run build