feedparser is a Python library for parsing Atom and RSS feeds, with support for related formats such as JSON and RDF. It’s useful when you need to read and process feed content from Python applications, and it provides documentation on Read the Docs and an extensive test suite run with tox.
Project status
- Actively maintained: The upstream GitHub last push was 2026-06-01, and the project has at least one recent maintenance update (v6.0.12 on 2025-09-10), indicating ongoing development.
- Update cadence: Tagged updates appear infrequent (notably Sep 2025, then Dec 2023, then May 2022), but the 2026-06-01 upstream push suggests development between tags.
AI summary generated 2026-06-09
Recent updates
v6.0.12
2025-09-10v6.0.12 is a maintenance release focused on reliability and developer experience. It fixes two Python-related issues (an AssertionError crash and an unwanted DeprecationWarning) and adds a Read the Docs configuration for documentation builds.
Features6.0.11
2023-12-10feedparser 6.0.11 does not have publisher release notes provided in the input, so changes cannot be confirmed as fully documented there. The code diff shows the main functional change is removing reliance on the deprecated Python cgi module for Content-Type header parsing, plus various documentation and tooling updates.
6.0.10
2022-05-21Release 6.0.10 was published on 2022-05-21. The publisher did not provide release notes, so there is no documented information about new features, fixes, or compatibility changes in this update.