📡 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

• Ko-fi
• X / Twitter

📄 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.