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Turn your RSS feeds and Read later articles into a personal daily newspaper for your e-reader.

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RSSPub – A self-hosted Rust app to turn RSS feeds into a daily ePub

Name: RSSPub – A self-hosted Rust app to turn RSS feeds into a daily ePub
Availability: InStock
Author: hsmetric181

by hsmetric181·Feb 26, 2026·1 point·2 comments

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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemNiche Gem

Calibre's fetch-news reimplemented in Rust, runs on free hobby tiers with email + OPDS.

Strengths

•Solves a real workflow gap: daily RSS-to-ebook pipeline for e-reader users without heavy infra.
•Rust+Axum performance means it runs on eco-tier free hosting (Koyeb, Render).
•Complete feature set: image optimization, read-later, scheduling, email delivery, OPDS browsing.

Weaknesses

•Niche use case; most readers use Feedly/Pocket instead of self-hosted solutions.
•No evidence of active maintenance or user base beyond the author's personal use.

Post Description

This is a simple web application for personal use that some of you might find useful. It's essentially a serverless version of Calibre's "Fetch News" feature, designed to run on free/hobby server tiers.(Koyeb/Render etc).

It compiles the last 24 hours of your chosen RSS feed articles into a single ebook. Users can download ebooks either via OPDS or send to ereader via email method.