# kurtmckee/feedparser

Parse feeds in Python

Repository: https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/feedparser
Homepage: https://feedparser.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: atom, rss, json, rdf, python
Last push: 2026-08-03T22:19:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5759, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 161.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2414, forks 372 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.217399+00:00)

## What it is
feedparser is a Python library that parses RSS, Atom, RDF, CDF, and JSON feeds into a uniform data structure. It is the de facto standard universal feed parser for Python, tolerant of malformed real-world feeds.

## Use cases
- parse rss feeds in python
- read atom feeds from a url
- aggregate news feeds into an app
- extract entries and metadata from syndication feeds
- handle malformed rss feeds gracefully
- parse json feed format

## When to choose
- you need to consume RSS/Atom/JSON feeds in Python with one consistent API
- feeds may be malformed or come in many versions and formats
- you want a mature, well-tested, dependency-light parser

## When to avoid
- you need to generate or write feeds rather than parse them
- you need a full HTML scraping or general XML processing tool
- you are not working in Python

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, web-scraping
- domain: parsers, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: rss, atom, feed-parser, syndication, json-feed

## Member repositories
- kurtmckee/feedparser (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.217399+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:33:12.804675+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.217399+00:00, sha ca3c45d14c6a)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/feedparser/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:23.490402+00:00, sha 415f55df5ad2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.