# dylang/node-rss

RSS feed generator for Node.

Repository: https://github.com/dylang/node-rss
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-rss
Homepage: https://npmjs.org/package/rss
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-30T16:02:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5619, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1042, forks 128 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:20.788161+00:00)

## What it is
node-rss is a Node.js library for generating RSS 2.0 feeds programmatically. It supports feed and item metadata, enclosures, GeoRSS, and custom namespaces and elements.

## Use cases
- generate an rss feed for a blog
- add a podcast feed with enclosures
- create rss xml from a node app
- add syndication feed to a website
- generate georss feeds
- build a feed for project updates

## When to choose
- you need to produce RSS 2.0 XML from Node.js
- you want simple programmatic feed creation with enclosures or GeoRSS support

## When to avoid
- you need to parse or read existing RSS feeds
- you need Atom or JSON Feed output
- you want a framework with built-in feed generation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: serialization, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: rss, feed-generator, xml, syndication, podcasting, nodejs

## Member repositories
- dylang/node-rss (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.788161+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 2026-08-30T07:02:37.501849+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dylang/node-rss (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.788161+00:00, sha fa9e05e297c6)
  - homepage: https://npmjs.org/package/rss (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:36.172726+00:00, sha 7e3b6d62fc40)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.