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| 1 | +# GitHub Notifications RSS |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This is a small service that turns your GitHub notifications into an RSS feed. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +You give it a GitHub personal access token. |
| 6 | +It calls the `/notifications` API, filters the data, and serves a clean RSS 2.0 feed that your reader can subscribe to. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## What it does |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +- Fetches GitHub notifications using the official API |
| 13 | +- Can limit to threads where you are actually involved (`participating_only`) |
| 14 | +- Can filter by reason (mention, assign, state_change, ci_activity, ...) |
| 15 | +- Can include or exclude specific repositories |
| 16 | +- Caches results for a short time so it does not hammer the GitHub API |
| 17 | +- Exposes two endpoints: |
| 18 | + - `/feed` for the RSS feed |
| 19 | + - `/health` for a simple JSON status |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +The RSS items look roughly like this: |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +- Title: `[owner/repo] Issue or PR title` |
| 24 | +- Link: direct link to the issue, pull request, commit or release |
| 25 | +- Description: reason, type, repo, unread flag and timestamps |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +Descriptions can be HTML or plain text, depending on config. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +--- |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Quick start with Docker |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Clone the repo and copy the example env file: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +```bash |
| 36 | +cp .env.example .env |
| 37 | +``` |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +Edit `.env` and set at least: |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +```env |
| 42 | +GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here |
| 43 | +``` |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Then build and start: |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +```bash |
| 48 | +docker compose up --build -d |
| 49 | +``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +If your compose file maps port `8083:8000`, the feed is available at: |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +- Feed: `http://localhost:8083/feed` |
| 54 | +- Health: `http://localhost:8083/health` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Add `http://localhost:8083/feed` to your RSS reader and you are done. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +--- |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +## Token and scopes |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +You need a GitHub Personal Access Token (classic). |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +- Only public repositories: |
| 65 | + - `public_repo` and `read:user` are usually enough |
| 66 | +- With private repositories: |
| 67 | + - include `repo` |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +--- |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +## Basic configuration |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Most options are set through environment variables. There is a `.env.example` with all of them. The most useful ones: |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +```bash |
| 76 | +# GitHub access |
| 77 | +GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here |
| 78 | +GITHUB_API_URL=https://api.github.com |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +# Query behaviour |
| 81 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_PARTICIPATING_ONLY=true |
| 82 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_INCLUDE_READ=false |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +# Optional filters |
| 85 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_REASONS_INCLUDE= |
| 86 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_REASONS_EXCLUDE=subscribed,ci_activity |
| 87 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_REPOS_INCLUDE= |
| 88 | +GITHUB_NOTIF_REPOS_EXCLUDE= |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +# RSS output |
| 91 | +RSS_TITLE=GitHub notifications RSS |
| 92 | +RSS_LINK=https://github.com/notifications |
| 93 | +RSS_DESCRIPTION=Custom feed built from your GitHub notifications |
| 94 | +RSS_HTML_DESCRIPTION=true |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +# Cache |
| 97 | +CACHE_TTL_SECONDS=60 |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +# Server |
| 100 | +BIND_ADDR=0.0.0.0 |
| 101 | +BIND_PORT=8000 |
| 102 | +``` |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +You can tune this later when you know what kind of notifications you want to see or hide. For many people the defaults should be fine. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +--- |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +## Status endpoint |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +The `/health` endpoint returns a small JSON payload, for example: |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +```json |
| 113 | +{ |
| 114 | + "status": "ok", |
| 115 | + "last_fetch": "2025-11-14T06:56:00+00:00", |
| 116 | + "last_error": null, |
| 117 | + "cache_ttl_seconds": 60 |
| 118 | +} |
| 119 | +``` |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +- `ok` means last fetch worked |
| 122 | +- `degraded` means GitHub failed but an older cached feed is still served |
| 123 | +- `error` means there is no valid cache and the last fetch failed |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +--- |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +## License |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +This project is licensed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for details. |
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