Filter rss content

Software
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Hello guys,

I’m looking for a way to filter some keywords (on title and content) even before my RSS app downloads the article.

Is it possible?

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I do this via a self made script/service that runs on a Raspberry Pi. This script subscribes to RSS feeds, filters entries and publishes a cleaned up RSS feed that my RSS clients (Reeder Classic) subscribe to.

But curious about other solutions!

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Inoreader can do this, but it’s expensive

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I’ve never seen this feature in an RSS app so I’ll be following this thread. Currently before reading anything I search for keywords and names. Then delete those stories.

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This means that the solution cannot be local. You have to do the filtering on another device—either another computer or an online service.
I use News Explorer, which offers what you want, but it does everything on your computer and uses bandwidth to download the entire article that it then has to scan.

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I think News Explorer’s solution works for me. I found the “prefilter” settings, which is kind of what I was looking for.

Thanks!

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Just purchased News Explorer for Mac, and downloaded the mobile version on my iPad. The dev’s website says see price on App Store, but I found no price listed there either. Do you know the price, if any, of the mobile app?

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If you have a Feed service which allows you to create Smart searches across all of your feeds (using your own terms) you could mark those as read before you start reading.

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As far as I can see News Explorer Mobile is $4.99/€5,99 rather than a free download?

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I started doing that when I used Feedly as RSS back-end, but I have migrated to (self-hosted) Miniflux.

Today I learned that Miniflux can filter:

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Thanks, I’d be happy to pay the $5. But there was no mention of $4.99 that saw on the App Store and I wasn’t charged. Maybe there is a free trial period?

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Then there should be at least one In-App-Purchase, but I don’t see any listed in the App Store.

Maybe you have bought it before? Then it would be a free download for you.

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I have bought it in november 2025 for 5,99 €.

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Feedbin allows this, with the double-edged sword of it being very customizable, so a bit of a learning curve (if you’re not used to it).

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I haven’t used it for a few years but the premium version of Newsblur had excellent filtering and was not expensive.

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