RSS/Atom Notifier

Monitor RSS/Atom feeds and get notifications for new items.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	nilsonlinux/rss-notifier
Entries	Bar widget: indicator; Panel: Panel

Entries:

• Service: fetcher - Background service that fetches and parses feeds
• Widget: badge - Shows unread count on the bar
• Panel: panel - Displays feed items in a panel

IPC Command:

noctalia msg panel-toggle nilsonlinux/rss-notifier:Panel text

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
refresh_minutes	int	30	How often to check for new items (1-1440 minutes)
notify_new	bool	true	Display notifications when new items arrive
max_notifications_per_cycle	int	5	Maximum notifications shown per check (1-50)
show_feed_images	bool	true	Show the feed's photo (logo) on each card, with the item's cover or the site's favicon as a fallback.
glyph (widget)	glyph	rss	Icon shown in the bar for the status widget.

Feed URLs are not a plugin setting anymore: add (or remove) feeds directly from the panel via the + button next to the refresh button.

Post images

Each card always tries to show the post's own photo, extracted from the feed: <enclosure> (RSS 2.0), media:thumbnail/media:content (Media RSS), or the first <img> inside <description>/<content> - scanning the whole item, not just its start. If the post has no image, it falls back to the feed's own logo and then to the site's favicon.

Installation

Install via Noctalia Plugin Store.

Requirements

• xdg-open - Required to open feed URLs in your default web browser. Usually pre-installed on most Linux distributions.

Usage

1. Click the widget to open the panel
2. Use the + button to add feed URLs (and manage them)
3. The widget will show a badge with unread count
4. Click an item to open it in your default browser

Dependencies

xdg-open

License

MIT