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RSS Subscriptions — Overview & Setup

Pro / Lifetime feature

RSS Subscriptions are available on the Pro and Lifetime plans only. Free users see an upgrade prompt in Settings → RSS Subscriptions.

RSS Subscriptions let you subscribe to any RSS or Atom feed URL. Every time the feed publishes a new article, Savebase automatically saves it to your library — optionally applying a folder and tags you choose at subscription time.

Overview

Think of it as a hands-free inbox for content you want to follow. You point Savebase at a feed (e.g. a tech blog, a newsletter archive, a subreddit's RSS, a YouTube channel feed) and any new item that appears will show up in your dashboard with your pre-selected tags and folder already applied.

  • Supports standard RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 feeds
  • New articles land in your dashboard as source: rss posts
  • Does not count toward your platform limit (treated as unlimited external content)
  • Each feed is polled at the interval you choose (30 min → daily)

Adding a Feed

1

Open Settings → RSS Subscriptions

Navigate to Dashboard → Settings → RSS Subscriptions.
2

Click “Add Feed”

The Add Feed form expands inline.
3

Paste the feed URL and test it

Enter the RSS or Atom URL and click Test Feed. Savebase validates the URL and shows the feed title as a preview. The Display Name field is auto-populated from the feed title — you can rename it.
4

Choose auto-folder and auto-tags (optional)

Select an existing folder from the dropdown. Click any tag badges to toggle them on — all checked tags will be applied to every new post from this feed.
5

Set a check frequency

Choose how often Savebase polls the feed: every 30 minutes, hourly, every 6 hours, or daily.
6

Click “Subscribe to Feed”

The subscription is saved. New articles will appear in your library automatically at the next polling interval.

Manual poll

You can click the Poll button on any subscription card to trigger an immediate check for new items without waiting for the scheduled interval.

Fetch Intervals

OptionApproximate checks/dayBest for
Every 30 minutes48Breaking news feeds, high-volume sources
Every hour24Most blogs and newsletters (default)
Every 6 hours4Low-frequency sources, YouTube channels
Daily1Weekly-ish newsletters

Backend schedule

Savebase's polling worker runs every 15 minutes. Your subscription will be checked at the next worker run after your configured interval has elapsed.

Deduplication

Savebase tracks every ingested item by its guid (RSS) or id (Atom). If an item's GUID has already been saved for a given subscription, it is silently skipped — so the same article will never appear twice in your library, even if you manually poll.

Managing Subscriptions

  • Enable / Disable — use the toggle on a subscription card to pause polling without deleting the subscription
  • Poll Now — click the Refresh button to trigger an immediate check
  • Delete — removes the subscription and its deduplication history (existing saved posts are kept)

Plan downgrade

If your plan is downgraded to Free, existing subscriptions are paused automatically. Posts already saved remain in your library.

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