What is mkfd?

mkfd lets you create RSS feeds from sources that don't provide them natively — websites, email inboxes (IMAP), APIs, and other web content. It ships a React-based web interface for defining and managing feeds. Features include CSS-selector scraping, multi-page drill chains, Playwright-powered advanced scraping with optional Chrome extensions, IMAP email monitoring for Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook, a feed preview pane, parallel item processing, Flaresolverr support for Cloudflare-protected sites, and a selector suggestion helper. The service listens on port 5000 and needs three generated secrets (PASSKEY, COOKIE_SECRET, ENCRYPTION_KEY) for auth and encryption. You can run it with Docker, Docker Compose, or locally on Bun; email handling uses a separate Node.js process with adjustable memory. Licensed MIT and actively developed.

Should you self-host mkfd?

mkfd scores 46/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #47 of 85 in Feed Reader. It has 284 GitHub stars.

There was no stable release in the past 12 months, so check the repository's recent activity before you rely on it.

Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Typescript.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is RSSHub (85/100, 46 703 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See mkfd vs RSSHub side by side.