Rivu

Rivu is a modern TypeScript library for generating RSS 2.0 feeds programmatically. It enforces strict type safety, validates required channel metadata and produces a fully compliant RSS feed as an XML document.

The library provides the following features:

1. 100% RSS 2.0 compliant output.
2. Lightweight and fast (based on Node.js).
3. Fully type-safe using TypeScript interfaces.
4. Strict validation for required RSS channel fields.
5. Custom feed items with rich optional metadata.
6. Small footprint and works in Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes.

While the library is marked stable and used in production, its feature set is continuously evolving. If you want or need a specific set of features, create an open discussion for further comments here - https://github.com/jarmos-san/rivu/discussions.

Quick Usage Guide

To get started with using the package to generate RSS 2.0 feeds for your requirements, follow these instructions:

1. Install the package from the npm registry.

   pnpm add rivu
   

2. Create a Node.js script (for example, feed.ts).

   import Feed from "rivu";
   
   const feed = new Feed(
     {
       title: "Weburz Engineering Blog",
       link: "https://tech.weburz.com/rss.xml",
       description: "The technical and official engineering blog at Weburz.",
       language: "en-US",
       items: [
         {
           title: "Example Blog",
           description: "Lorem Ipsum",
           pubDate: new Date("2025-10-10"),
         },
       ],
     },
     new URL("https://tech.weburz.com/rss-stylesheet.xsl"), // Optional stylesheet
   );
   
   console.log(feed.generate());
   

3. Ensure you've the latest Node.js version installed locally, then execute the script by running:

   node feed.ts
   

   
   If everything is working fine and as expected, you will see this output on your console:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href=https://tech.weburz.com/rss-stylesheet.xsl?>
    <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
      <channel>
        <atom:link href="https://tech.weburz.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
        <title><![CDATA[Weburz Engineering Blog]]></title>
        <link>https://tech.weburz.com/rss.xml</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The technical and official engineering blog at Weburz.]]></description>
        <language>en-US</language>
        <item>
          <title><![CDATA[Example Blog]]></title>
          <description><![CDATA[Lorem Ipsum]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri Oct 10 2025 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)</pubDate>
        </item>
      </channel>
    </rss>
   

Licensing & Distribution Rights

The library is built using open-source tools and the source code of the package is also publicly shared under an open-source license. You are free to copy, modify and/or distribute the package under the T&Cs of the license. You will find more detailed information about the licensing details in the package's public GitHub repository here - jarmos-san/rivu.