https://github.com/tonytw1/rsstotwitter

RSS to Twitter and Mastodon. Drives the @wellynews Twitter feed among others. Attributes links to the RSS author field. Provides rate limiting, duplicate post protection and georss support.
https://github.com/tonytw1/rsstotwitter

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RSS to Twitter and Mastodon. Drives the @wellynews Twitter feed among others. Attributes links to the RSS author field. Provides rate limiting, duplicate post protection and georss support.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tonytw1/rsstotwitter
• Owner: tonytw1
• Created: 2009-11-22T21:52:54.000Z (over 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-05T08:32:33.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-09T20:50:21.192Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: mastodon, rss, twitter
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.1 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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# RSS to Twitter (and Mastodon)

Pushes RSS feed items to linked Twitter accounts.

- Supports multiple input feeds and Twitter accounts.

- Supports rate limiting and duplicate post protection.

Uses MongoDB for storage.

Java / Spring Boot / Maven application intended to be run in a Docker container.

Example output: [@wellynews](https://twitter.com/wellynews)

### Sign in

![Signing in to link a social account](screenshots/signin.png)

### Adding a new feed

![Adding a new feed](screenshots/newfeed.png)

### Listing feeds

![Listing feeds](screenshots/feeds.png)

### Feed details

![Feed detail](screenshots/feed.png)

## Run locally

Use Docker to provide a local MongoDB instance:

```

docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up

```

Inspect the `application.properties` file.

Set the Mongo connection details and your Mastodon and Twitter client credentials.

In the Twitter developer tools, set http://localhost:8080/oauth/callback as an allowed oauth callback url.

Use Spring Boot to start the application locally:

```

mvn spring-boot:run

```

The sign in screen will be visible at http://localhost:8080

## Dependencies

OkHttp for RSS feed fetching.

[Mastodon4j](https://github.com/sys1yagi/mastodon4j) for Mastodon API access.

## Build

Run Maven build then Docker build.

```

mvn clean test install

docker build -t rsstotwitter:latest .

```