Openvibe Adds RSS to Aggregate News and Blogs

Openvibe brings RSS feeds into its open social hub

Openvibe, the app that unifies open social networks like Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads and Nostr, now supports RSS so users can follow news sites and blogs in the same place they track social updates. The feature expands the app from social aggregation to full content aggregation across the open web.

How it works

Users can add RSS sources individually, follow suggested sites from the app, or import an OPML file from another reader. Once added, feeds appear in a combined home timeline, in a dedicated "RSS" feed, or inside user-created custom feeds.

Openvibe opens articles inside the app using a distraction-free reader. If you prefer visiting original sites, that option remains. A Performance Mode can disable preview images to reduce data and CPU usage.

Why this matters

Adding RSS makes Openvibe a one-stop place for both social conversation and publisher content, reducing app-switching for users who follow communities and topical editorial feeds. It also places the app in more direct competition with other aggregators that blend social and RSS content.

Competitors to watch include Tapestry, Feeeed, and Surf — each exploring similar intersections of social profiles and open web feeds.

Product roadmap and adoption

Openvibe CEO Matej Svancer says RSS was planned from the start but accelerated after strong user demand. The feature was tested with about 100 users who collectively added over 4,000 feeds. A leaderboard of most-added feeds is planned to help surface popular sources as adoption grows.

RSS support is available now on iOS and Android. The app is free to download without in-app purchases for the moment, with a subscription plan expected later. Openvibe is backed by Czech Founders VC, Tensor Ventures, and Automattic.

Implications for developers and product teams

For builders, integrating RSS alongside social APIs raises design and scale questions: how to deduplicate cross-posts, surface timely editorial content, manage image loading and bandwidth, and respect publisher attribution and privacy. There's also opportunity in feed-ranking signals, OPML import resilience, and offline reading experiences.

Openvibe's move is another sign that the open web and federated social networks are converging into hybrid experiences. Whether users prefer a single unified timeline or curated channels, apps that balance performance, trust, and discoverability will win attention.

As aggregation tools multiply, product leaders should weigh trade-offs between in-app engagement and directing traffic back to publishers. For many users, the convenience of seeing social and editorial updates together will be decisive — and apps like Openvibe are banking on that convenience.

Expect more iteration: podcast and YouTube feed handling may appear later, but Openvibe says a good user experience will guide what it adds next.