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RSS Feeds

WebLibre includes a built-in feed reader for websites that publish RSS or Atom feeds. It lets you follow updates from sites you care about and read them in one place on your device.

What feeds are

A web feed is a regularly updated list of a site’s new posts, articles, episodes, or releases. Instead of checking a site manually, you subscribe once and WebLibre keeps a local list of new items for you.

Feeds are commonly offered by:

  • news sites

  • blogs

  • podcasts

  • software projects and release notes

  • some forums and channel-style pages

Not every site offers a feed. If a site does not publish one, WebLibre cannot create one for it.

Why use feeds

Feeds are useful when you want updates without relying on a social platform or recommendation algorithm.

With feeds:

  • you choose the sources

  • items arrive in time order

  • no separate feed-reader account is required

  • your subscriptions stay inside the current profile

Subscribe from a website you are visiting

If the current page exposes one or more feeds, WebLibre can detect them.

  1. Open the browser menu on that page.

  2. Tap Fetch Feeds on Page.

  3. If feeds are found, tap Available Web Feeds.

  4. Choose the feed you want.

  5. Review the New Feed screen, then tap the checkmark to save it.

Some pages do not advertise their feeds clearly, even when a site has one. If WebLibre does not find a feed automatically, you can still add it manually if you know the feed URL.

Add a feed manually

  1. Open Feeds from the main menu.

  2. Tap the add button.

  3. In the Add Feed dialog, paste the feed URL.

  4. Tap Add.

  5. Review the New Feed screen, then tap the checkmark.

This is useful when a site gives you a direct feed link such as https://example.com/feed.xml.

What you see in Feeds

Open Feeds from the main menu to see your subscriptions.

Each feed card shows:

  • the feed name and description, if available

  • when it was last fetched

  • an unread article count

Tap a feed to open its article list. Tap the edit icon on a feed card to change feed details or delete that feed.

Deleting a feed also deletes the articles stored for that feed.

Read articles

Inside a feed, WebLibre shows saved articles from that source.

You can:

  • tap an article to read it inside WebLibre

  • use the Search field to search within that feed’s saved articles

  • tap author or tag chips to narrow the list when that information is available

  • tap the browser icon on an article to open the original page in a browser tab

Opening an article marks it as read. If you want to mark a read item as unread again, use the eye button shown on that article’s card.

Search across all feeds

WebLibre indexes saved feed articles for local search on your device.

You can search:

  • in a feed’s article list with the built-in Search field

  • from the main address bar search, where feed articles appear alongside other local results

Search can match article titles, summaries, and saved article text. This makes feeds useful as a personal archive, not just a stream of the newest posts.

Refresh feeds

To check for new items right away:

  • open Feeds and tap the sync button in the top bar, or

  • pull down to refresh while viewing feeds or articles

WebLibre also tries to refresh feeds in the background. The exact timing depends on Android and your device’s battery restrictions, so background updates are best treated as helpful rather than guaranteed.

Privacy and network expectations

WebLibre stores your feed list and saved feed articles locally in the current profile. There is no separate WebLibre account or cloud feed service required.

However, feed updates still come from the websites you subscribe to. That means those sites, and your network connection, can still see requests for their feed URLs just like normal website requests.

Practical tips

  • start with a small number of feeds so the list stays manageable

  • use separate profiles if you want different subscriptions for work, personal use, or shared-device browsing

  • if a feed looks wrong after adding it, open its edit screen and review the title, site link, or feed URL

  • use address bar search before searching the web because a saved article may already have the answer