mdbook-rss-feed

An mdBook preprocessor that generates a beautiful, full-content RSS 2.0 feed (and optional Atom) for your book.

Perfect for blogs, documentation sites, or any mdBook that wants to be subscribable.

Features

Full HTML content in <description> (not just excerpts)
Proper XML escaping
Falls back to file modification time if no date in frontmatter
Supports date: in YAML frontmatter (RFC3339 or YYYY-MM-DD)
Respects config.book.title, config.book.description, and output.html.site-url
Zero-config — just drop it in book.toml

cargo install mdbook-rss-feed

Local Development:

[preprocessor.rss]
command = "mdbook-rss-feed/target/release/mdbook-rss-feed"
renderers = ["html"]

After Installing Globally:

[preprocessor.rss-feed]

Example Frontmatter

---
title: My Great Post
date: 2025-11-23
author: Jane Doe
description: Optional short description (otherwise first paragraph is used)
---

Apache-2.0