RSS Sidebar

Name: RSS Sidebar
Rating: 3.3333 (9 reviews)
Author: David Youster

By: David Youster

Simple feed reader and aggregator for RSS and Atom feeds.

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RSS Sidebar is a lightweight and user-friendly Firefox extension that serves as a simple feed reader and aggregator for RSS and Atom feeds. Access the sidebar via the toolbar or menu to view and manage your saved feeds effortlessly.

With RSS Sidebar, you can easily check for feeds on any page using the built-in detection tool, save feeds to a bookmarks folder called 'Simple Feeds', and customize the display preferences. This extension streamlines your news consumption by letting you browse feed titles and open referenced pages directly from the sidebar, enhancing your browsing and reading experience.

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By:

David Youster

Daily users:

Rating:

3.33

(9)

Version:

2.1.1 Last updated: 2025-05-21

Version code:

5954072

Creation date:

2017-12-21

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Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

42.46KB

Email:

da*****@gmail.com

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

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Ranking

# 11,507 ▼ 44

Other rankings

#51 in sidebar keyword 24 #53 in deepseek sidebar keyword 43 ▼ 1#120 in ebay keyword 18 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

David Youster

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rss-sidebar/

Email:

da*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/david-youster/really-simple-rss

Permission Change History

2025-05-20: Version 2.0.2 → 2.1.0

Add Permissions: menus

2025-04-27: Version 2.0.1 → 2.0.2

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Remove Permissions: <all_urls>

User Reviews

Extremely minimalistic extension. The only settings that are there are a choice of two themes, and a "Feed content panel" ("Below feed list" and "Above feed list"). No OPML/XML import (I would not change the feed reader if it would require manually transferring about a thousand subscriptions). No setting for the frequency of automatic update checking. No display of the feed presence icon in the address bar. Does not add the Subscribe item to the context menu of links to the RSS feed. No language selection (if the extension supports languages other than English). There is no cloud syncing of feeds via browser, nor via Google Drive/Dropbox connection. Mozilla Firefox 140.0b1 (64-bit), RSS Sidebar 2.1.1 (21 May 2025), Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045.5854

by Ko*****, 2025-05-28

by 全民*****, 2025-03-30

by 天灭*****, 2025-02-26

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Is RSS Sidebar Safe?

Risk impact

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RSS Sidebar requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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RSS Sidebar is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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