# RSSPreview

> Preview RSS feeds in-browser

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/rsspreview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/rsspreview)

## Overview

- **ID:** `rsspreview`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Aurelien David
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Daily users:** 2,790
- **Weekly downloads:** 13
- **Rating:** 4.66 / 5 (124 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03
- **First published:** 2018-10-25
- **Size:** 580 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rsspreview/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/aureliendavid/rsspreview/issues](https://github.com/aureliendavid/rsspreview/issues)

## Description

RSSPreview is a Chrome extension designed to offer seamless in-browser previewing of RSS feeds. After Firefox removed RSS support in version 64 and above, including its popular preview functionality, RSSPreview steps in to restore and enhance this capability for users.

Key features include automatic detection of RSS feeds with a convenient address bar button, specialized detection for feeds on iTunes podcast pages, and the ability to apply custom CSS for personalized styling. RSSPreview provides a simple and efficient way to stay updated with your favorite web content without leaving your browser.

## Rankings

- #1,783 — Overall
- #91 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #11 — preview
- #12 — review

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate RSSPreview for its quick and automatic detection of RSS feeds with a clean and minimal interface that integrates well into Firefox without performance issues. However, several report it fails to detect some existing feeds, including YouTube channels with non-English characters, and sometimes downloads the feed file instead of previewing it. The preview interface is simple, and the add-on does not support live bookmarks or headline checking from the toolbar, which limits its functionality compared to some users' expectations.

### Pros

- Quickly finds RSS feeds if they exist
- Works well with Firefox and integrates as a button in the address bar
- Minimalist, clean, and reviewable code
- Displays RSS XML pages automatically and directly in Firefox
- Does not cause issues like high CPU usage or infinite loops unlike some alternatives

### Cons

- Fails to detect some RSS feeds the user is already subscribed to
- Partially broken with latest version causing feeds to download instead of display
- Does not support detection of YouTube channels with non-English characters in URLs
- Preview UI is basic or ascetic
- Lacks live bookmark functionality to check feed headlines from bookmark toolbar

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/rsspreview)