I’ve been looking for a sever side RSS aggregator for a while, and the best solution I’ve arrived at so for is Rawdog. It is a python script that downloads and parses RSS and ATOM feeds, then generates a static HTML page. I like this approach due to the inherent security of serving a static HTML page, along with the speed advantage. I also (somewhat) enjoy working with Python, and this was a good chance to make a few minor tweaks.

Another server side aggregator I tried was Rnews. It uses PHP and MySQL, and while the interface is a bit nicer the configuration process didn’t seem quite as robust.

If you know of other server side aggregators I should try, feel free to let me know.

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