# RSS & Web Feeds |  | RSS is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator, which constantly monitor sites for new content, removing the need for the user to manually check them. News aggregators can be built into a browser, installed on a desktop computer, or installed on a mobile device. | | ---- | ---- | | | wikipedia:: [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) | |  | On the World Wide Web, a web feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe a channel to it by adding the feed resource address to a news aggregator client. Users typically subscribe to a feed by manually entering the URL of a feed or clicking a link in a web browser or by dragging the link from the web browser to the aggregator, thus "RSS and Atom files provide news updates from a website in a simple form for your computer." | | | wikipedia:: [Web feed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed) | |  | The name Atom applies to a pair of related Web standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources. | | | wikipedia:: [Atom (web standard)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(web_standard)) | ## Tools - [[Readwise (tool)]] - [[Inoreader]] - [[NetNewsWire]] - Reeder - [[Raindrop (bookmarks tool)]] - [[Feedly]] - [[Feedbin]]