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This note is about RSS feed aggregators.
Recently, I saw a few discussions about the lack of discoverability of the indie web, personal blog-type spaces.
I’m keeping this list as an easy-to-access place for all projects. I will update it as new things are created.
If you know of a project that isn't here, leave me a message, and I’ll update the list.
Aggregators:
Links Supply
"Links Supply surfaces the most interesting projects, tools, and content shared by the Bluesky community each day. Think of it as a curated digest of what people are excited about — updated daily."
https://links.supply
Blogosphere
"Blogosphere is an aggregator that fetches the latest posts from over 1,000 blogs across many different categories, surfacing the recent and interesting ones worth your time."
blogosphere.app
Feedle
"It’s a search engine for blogs and podcasts. Can send updates via email, and every search has its own RSS feed."
feedle.world
Scour
It’s a discovery engine for RSS feeds, from big names to indie blogs. It is scanning the main platforms, but also feeds added by readers.
scour.ing
Bubbles town
A discovery engine with community voting. They use curated sources of RSS feeds, plus individual research. Users can vote on posts, and the app has: “Four views: Top (ranked by votes and how recent they are), New (every post as it comes in), Random (posts from random blogs across the whole archive) and Following (new posts from the blogs you follow).”
bubbles.town
Blogroll
One of the oldest, I think, list of RSS feeds. Curated by two people, Manu and Ray.
blogroll.org
Blogs are back
An RSS reader that stays in the browser. Private and local-first.
blogsareback.com
Indie blog page
Indieblog page is a discovery engine with over 5000 websites with an RSS feed. You can play around and discover blogs.
indieblog.page
Minifeed
Another tool to discover blogs. In their paid version, you can create lists, have a new reader view and email notifications.
minifeed.net
Ooh directory
A directory of blogs with their feeds, and nice categories.
ooh.directory
Personalsit.es
A curated list of people’s personal sites. Has categories (indie, artists. designer, etc) for easy search.
personalsit.es
Marginalia search
A search engine for the indie web, personal blogs and websites.
https://marginalia-search.com
PowRSS
An RSS aggregator with blogs in English and Spanish.
powrss.com
Pxlarea
A recent project which is a coordinate grid type page with space for 10 000 websites. Each pixel holds a link to a website.
https://pxlarea.com
Kagi small web
Created by the team behind the search engine Kagi, this directory has one of the biggest lists of websites. It includes YouTube channel feeds, comics, and personal blogs.
kagi.com/smallweb
Blogging platforms discovery engines
Bear Blog discovery page
bearblog.dev/discover
Pagecord discovery page
pagecord.com/spotlight
Ghost explorer page
https://explore.ghost.org
Pika discovery page
https://pika.page/pulse
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