diff --git a/components/lobste_rs/lobste_rs.app.mjs b/components/lobste_rs/lobste_rs.app.mjs
index f7b6d82bf7ea4..c2ed540a53aaf 100644
--- a/components/lobste_rs/lobste_rs.app.mjs
+++ b/components/lobste_rs/lobste_rs.app.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,111 @@
+import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";
+import FeedParser from "feedparser";
+import hash from "object-hash";
+
 export default {
   type: "app",
   app: "lobste_rs",
   propDefinitions: {},
   methods: {
-    // this.$auth contains connected account data
-    authKeys() {
-      console.log(Object.keys(this.$auth));
+    makeRequest({
+      $ = this, ...config
+    }) {
+      return axios($, config);
+    },
+    itemTs(item = {}) {
+      const {
+        pubdate, pubDate, date_published,
+      } = item;
+      const itemPubDate = pubdate ?? pubDate ?? date_published;
+      if (itemPubDate) {
+        return +new Date(itemPubDate);
+      }
+      return +new Date();
+    },
+    itemKey(item = {}) {
+      const {
+        id, guid, link, title,
+      } = item;
+      const itemId = id ?? guid ?? link ?? title;
+      if (itemId) {
+        // reduce itemId length for deduping
+        return itemId.length > 64
+          ? itemId.slice(-64)
+          : itemId;
+      }
+      return hash(item);
+    },
+    async fetchFeed(url) {
+      const res = await axios(this, {
+        url,
+        method: "GET",
+        headers: {
+          "accept": "text/html, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml;q=0.9, */*;q=0.8, application/json, application/feed+json",
+        },
+        responseType: "stream", // stream is required for feedparser
+        returnFullResponse: true,
+      });
+      return {
+        data: res.data,
+        contentType: res.headers["content-type"],
+      };
+    },
+    async parseFeed(stream) {
+      const feedparser = new FeedParser({
+        addmeta: true,
+      });
+      const items = [];
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        feedparser.on("error", reject);
+        feedparser.on("end", resolve);
+        feedparser.on("readable", function () {
+          let item = this.read();
+
+          while (item) {
+            for (const k in item) {
+              if (item[`rss:${k}`]) {
+                delete item[`rss:${k}`];
+                continue;
+              }
+              const o = item[k];
+              if (o == null || (typeof o === "object" && !Object.keys(o).length) || Array.isArray(o) && !o.length) {
+                delete item[k];
+                continue;
+              }
+            }
+            items.push(item);
+            item = this.read();
+          }
+        });
+        stream.pipe(feedparser);
+      });
+      return items;
+    },
+    isJSONFeed(response) {
+      const acceptedJsonFeedMimes = [
+        "application/feed+json",
+        "application/json",
+      ];
+      return acceptedJsonFeedMimes.includes(response?.contentType?.toLowerCase());
+    },
+    async parseJSONFeed(stream) {
+      const buffer = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const _buf = [];
+        stream.on("data", (chunk) => _buf.push(chunk));
+        stream.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(_buf)));
+        stream.on("error", (err) => reject(err));
+      });
+      const contentString = buffer.toString();
+      const feed = JSON.parse(contentString);
+      return feed?.items || [];
+    },
+    async fetchAndParseFeed(url) {
+      const response = await this.fetchFeed(url);
+      if (this.isJSONFeed(response)) {
+        return await this.parseJSONFeed(response.data);
+      } else {
+        return await this.parseFeed(response.data);
+      }
     },
   },
 };
diff --git a/components/lobste_rs/package.json b/components/lobste_rs/package.json
index 412690b3a7f9a..5372a3a2fb863 100644
--- a/components/lobste_rs/package.json
+++ b/components/lobste_rs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pipedream/lobste_rs",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Pipedream lobste.rs Components",
   "main": "lobste_rs.app.mjs",
   "keywords": [
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
   "author": "Pipedream <support@pipedream.com> (https://pipedream.com/)",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@pipedream/platform": "^3.0.3",
+    "feedparser": "^2.2.10",
+    "object-hash": "^3.0.0"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-comment-in-thread/new-comment-in-thread.mjs b/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-comment-in-thread/new-comment-in-thread.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e1dcec2a8776c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-comment-in-thread/new-comment-in-thread.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import lobsters from "../../lobste_rs.app.mjs";
+import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
+
+export default {
+  key: "lobste_rs-new-comment-in-thread",
+  name: "New Comment in Thread",
+  description: "Emit new event when a new comment is added to a thread.",
+  version: "0.0.1",
+  type: "source",
+  dedupe: "unique",
+  props: {
+    lobsters,
+    timer: {
+      type: "$.interface.timer",
+      default: {
+        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
+      },
+    },
+    url: {
+      type: "string",
+      label: "URL",
+      description: "The URL of the comment thread to retrieve. E.g. `https://lobste.rs/s/yqjtvy/cloud_container_iceberg`",
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    generateMeta(comment) {
+      return {
+        id: comment.short_id,
+        summary: comment.comment_plain.substring(0, 50),
+        ts: Date.parse(comment.created_at),
+      };
+    },
+  },
+  async run() {
+    const { comments } = await this.lobsters.makeRequest({
+      url: `${this.url}.json`,
+    });
+    for (const comment of comments.reverse()) {
+      const meta = this.generateMeta(comment);
+      this.$emit(comment, meta);
+    }
+  },
+};
diff --git a/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-story-by-user/new-story-by-user.mjs b/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-story-by-user/new-story-by-user.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a4b2228c0577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/lobste_rs/sources/new-story-by-user/new-story-by-user.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import lobsters from "../../lobste_rs.app.mjs";
+import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
+
+export default {
+  key: "lobste_rs-new-story-by-user",
+  name: "New Story by User",
+  description: "Emit new event when a new story is posted by the specified user.",
+  version: "0.0.1",
+  type: "source",
+  dedupe: "unique",
+  props: {
+    lobsters,
+    timer: {
+      type: "$.interface.timer",
+      default: {
+        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
+      },
+    },
+    username: {
+      type: "string",
+      label: "Username",
+      description: "The user to watch for stories from. E.g. `adamgordonbell`",
+    },
+    publishedAfter: {
+      type: "string",
+      label: "Published After",
+      description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
+      default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(),
+    },
+  },
+  methods: {
+    generateMeta(item) {
+      return {
+        id: this.lobsters.itemKey(item),
+        summary: item.title,
+        ts: Date.now(),
+      };
+    },
+  },
+  async run() {
+    const url = `https://lobste.rs/~${this.username}/stories.rss`;
+
+    const items = await this.lobsters.fetchAndParseFeed(url);
+    for (const item of items.reverse()) {
+      const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
+      const ts = this.lobsters.itemTs(item);
+      if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
+      this.$emit(item, meta);
+    }
+  },
+};
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b0d4136947893..9b6d6aa6baaf9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -5872,7 +5872,17 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^1.0.0
         version: 1.3.5
 
-  components/lobste_rs: {}
+  components/lobste_rs:
+    dependencies:
+      '@pipedream/platform':
+        specifier: ^3.0.3
+        version: 3.0.3
+      feedparser:
+        specifier: ^2.2.10
+        version: 2.2.10
+      object-hash:
+        specifier: ^3.0.0
+        version: 3.0.0
 
   components/lodgify: {}