# mwaterfall/MWFeedParser

An Objective-C RSS / Atom Feed Parser for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/mwaterfall/MWFeedParser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mwfeedparser
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-11-18T13:52:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5953, "days_push": 1019, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2268, forks 635 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:32.861230+00:00)

## What it is
MWFeedParser is an Objective-C library for iOS that downloads and parses RSS (1.x and 2.x) and Atom web feeds. It exposes feed metadata and items (title, link, author, dates, summary, content, enclosures) through a simple delegate-based asynchronous or synchronous API.

## Use cases
- parse rss feeds in an ios app
- read atom feed entries on iphone or ipad
- display news headlines from a blog feed
- extract podcast enclosures from a feed
- download and parse a web feed asynchronously
- get feed item titles, authors, and publish dates

## When to choose
- you are building an iOS app in Objective-C that consumes RSS or Atom feeds
- you need a lightweight, delegate-based feed parser with sync and async download options
- you want feed item details like enclosures, guid, and updated dates

## When to avoid
- you are building for Android, web, or non-Apple platforms
- your project is in Swift and you prefer a Swift-native feed parser
- you need to parse formats beyond RSS and Atom, such as JSON Feed
- your use case involves archiving or collecting feed data for diary/journal purposes, which the license prohibits

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, http-client
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: rss, atom, objective-c, feed-parser, syndication, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- mwaterfall/MWFeedParser (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.861230+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 2026-08-30T02:42:02.247708+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mwaterfall/MWFeedParser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.861230+00:00, sha 8515572e0130)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.