RSS Feed Generator: create an RSS feed for any website

Paste a URL and get a working RSS feed, even when the site has none. Copy the XML, download it, or subscribe to a live hosted feed URL that stays up to date. No sign-up.

Blog index, news or press page
Tool briefWhat this tool offersPaste a URL and get a working RSS feed, even when the site never published one: copy the XML, download it, or subscribe to a hosted feed URL.

What it does

  • It detects an existing RSS or Atom feed and returns it instead of building one.
  • Otherwise it turns the latest article links on the page into an RSS 2.0 feed of up to 25 items.
  • Copy the raw XML or download it as an .xml file.
  • You get a hosted feed URL that refreshes on a schedule, for Feedly, Inoreader, Zapier, Make or n8n.

Why it is different

  • The official feed wins when one exists, so you never get a scraped copy of a feed the site already has.
  • Hosted feeds refresh by plan: every 6 hours on Free, hourly on Pro Mini, every 15 minutes on Pro Lite, and every 60 seconds on Pro and above.
  • Paid plans pay for refresh speed, not for the number of feeds.

How to use it

  1. Paste the site URL: a blog index, a news page or a press page.
  2. Wait while the feed is built, or the existing feed is found.
  3. Set the refresh rate.
  4. Copy the XML, download it, or subscribe to the hosted feed URL.

You provide: A site URL, ideally a blog index, news or press page.

You get: RSS 2.0 XML with a title, link and date per item, an .xml download, and a hosted feed URL.

Limits, API and MCP details are in the full brief: /rss-feed-generator.md

Refresh rate:how often the live feed re-scans the site

Works best on a blog index, news, or press page

Use cases

What people use it for

Paste the blog index, news or press page URL and the tool builds an RSS 2.0 feed of up to 25 items when no feed exists. Copy the raw XML, download the .xml file or subscribe with the hosted feed URL.

Pages turned into feedsReal feeds
Source pageItemsFormat
  • Stripe Blog    25RSS 2.0
  • National Geographic: Latest Stories    21RSS 2.0
  • Inter: All news    25RSS 2.0
  • Hackaday.io: ESP32 projects    19RSS 2.0
  • Windsor Star    25RSS 2.0

Your feed

  • Format: RSS 2.0
  • Items: up to 25
  • Output: XML, .xml file or hosted URL

Example output

What you get back

Google and RSS readers need to see real XML, not just a Copy button. Here is what a generated feed looks like.

Input

https://startuphub.ai/blog (no RSS)

Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>StartupHub Blog</title>
<link>https://startuphub.ai/blog</link>
<description>Latest posts from StartupHub Blog</description>
<item>
<title>Article Distribution: SEO-safe Postiz alternative</title>
<link>https://startuphub.ai/article-distribution</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Humanize AI Text: Free Tool With Word-Level Diff</title>
<link>https://startuphub.ai/humanize-ai-text</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

Live URL: https://www.startuphub.ai/api/rss-generator?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstartuphub.ai%2Fblog&refresh=1h re-scans every hour

Official feed detected: https://example.com/rss.xml - we returned that instead of scraping

How it works

1

Paste the URL

Blog index, news, or press page. We check for <link type="application/rss+xml"> and Atom before scraping.

2

We build the feed

Each post becomes an RSS item with title, link, and date. Standard RSS 2.0 every reader understands.

3

Set refresh rate

Choose how often the live feed re-scans the site. The hosted URL re-scans on each poll at that interval.

4

Copy, download, or subscribe

Raw XML, a .xml file, or a hosted URL for Feedly, Inoreader, or Article Distribution.

Comparison

How this differs from FetchRSS and RSS.app

Everything in the FetchRSS / RSS.app column is what those tools advertise on their own pages.

StartupHub RSS GeneratorFetchRSS / RSS.app
Detects existing feedYes: surfaces official RSS or Atom if one existsNo: always scrapes
When none existsScrapes, then outputs valid RSS 2.0Scrapes
Live URLLive hosted URL that re-scans on each poll, with refresh rate controlStatic file, goes stale
FormatStandard RSS 2.0 every reader understandsProprietary
Copy or downloadCopy raw XML or download .xml to host yourselfYes
PriceFree, no sign-up, 50+ feeds today$5-15/mo after 1 feed
Pipe to syndicationYes: pipe into Article DistributionNo

Questions

Straight answers

Does it work if the website has no RSS?

Yes. We scrape the latest article links from the page and turn them into valid RSS 2.0 you can subscribe to or download.

Does it detect existing RSS?

Yes. If the site already publishes RSS or Atom, we surface the official feed instead of scraping.

What is the live hosted feed URL?

A subscribe URL that re-scans the source on each poll, so your reader always shows the newest posts. Refresh rate controls how often we re-scan.

What format is the feed?

Standard RSS 2.0. It works in Feedly, Inoreader, Zapier, Make, n8n, and Article Distribution.

Can I download the XML?

Yes. Copy the raw XML from the page or download the .xml file to host it yourself.

Can I use it for Substack, YouTube, or news?

Works best on a blog index, news, or press page. For YouTube, use the YouTube to Article or YouTube Transcript tools instead.

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