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RSScal
A hosted feed tracker and social news aggregator that ranks stories by how many Bluesky and Mastodon accounts cite them, with personal feeds and published link sets.
rsscal.com/Active
Show HN 2026-09-30; front page on 2026-10-26 lists stories picked up within the last hours. (checked 2026-10-25)
In RSS readers
Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? individual with revenue (paid app, tier, ads, or donations) (21% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? optional account (21% of 19 others)
- What decides which items you see first? votes, coverage counts, or social signals (11% of 19 others)
- What does a regular reader pay? free core, with a paid tier or paid hosting (17% of 18 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? some sharing (public lists, public subscriptions, or share links) (21% of 19 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? on the original site (it links out) (11% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (58% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (79% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) (68% of 19 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? website or web app run by the maker (53% of 19 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML?
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read?
Nearest neighbors
- Lectura 73% of 15 shared answers match
- BoredReading 71% of 14 shared answers match
- FetchMark 60% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source Hosted app; the maker's earlier Electron aggregator rssputin is MIT, RSScal itself has no source link. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart individual with revenue (paid app, tier, ads, or donations) Free and $6/month Pro, run under Lot 49 Labs by the solo maker. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | stands apart optional account Front page readable without an account; feeds, labels and saving need one. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed RSS, Atom and JSON Feed tracker. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | feeds or sites to follow Up to 100 feeds free, 1,000 on Pro. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | stands apart votes, coverage counts, or social signals 'Breaking now' ranks stories by citing accounts and discussions. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | only optional AI extras (summaries, tags, or questions you ask for) Pro adds 'AI integration (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter)' and 'built-in AI services'. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | Not documented Not mentioned on pricing or home page. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | website or web app run by the maker | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | stands apart free core, with a paid tier or paid hosting | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | stands apart some sharing (public lists, public subscriptions, or share links) Publish Curated Link Sets; social signals come from Bluesky/Mastodon rather than following inside RSScal. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | Not documented Policy says Cloudflare provides web analytics; not clear whether cookieless or third-party. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | stands apart on the original site (it links out) Headlines link to the publisher. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · rsscal.com/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · rsscal.com/about · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · rsscal.com/pricing · collected 2026-10-26
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