Planet (software)

Feed aggregator application

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Planet

Stable release|

2.0 / July 26, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-07-26)

Repository|

* www.gnome.org/~jdub/bzr/planet/devel/trunk/

Written in| Python
Type| Feed aggregator
License| Python License
Website| planetplanet.org (archive)

Planet is a feed aggregator that runs on a web server. It creates pages with entries from the original feeds in chronological order, most recent entries first.

## Etymology

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In online media a planet is a feed aggregator application designed to collect posts from the weblogs of members of an internet community and display them on a single page.[citation needed]

## History

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Planet was written in Python and maintained by Jeff Waugh and Scott James Remnant.

There are several successors:[when?] Venus - started by Sam Ruby,[1] Pluto - started by hackNY,[2] a second project also named Pluto by Gerald Bauer,[3] and most recently Moonmoon.[4]

## Design

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Planet uses Mark Pilgrim's Universal Feed Parser to process feeds in RDF, RSS and Atom format, and Tomas Styblo's htmltmpl templating engine to output static files in any format.

Released under the Python License, Planet is free software.[5]

## Adoption

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Planets are commonly associated with free and open source software projects, where they are used to collect posts from the various developers involved in projects.

## See also

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* Free and open-source software portal

* List of feed aggregators
* RSS

## References

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1. ^ "Venus Configuration". intertwingly.net. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
2. ^ Mukerjee, Aditya (2019-04-03), GitHub - ChimeraCoder/pluto: Pluto is not a Planet, retrieved 2020-01-11
3. ^ "Pluto Planet Guide (Book Edition)". feedreader.github.io. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
4. ^ "moonmoon: simple web based feed aggregator in PHP". moonmoon.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2007-08-03.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## External links

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* Planet Venus website
* Planet Pluto (G Bauer) website

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Content aggregators

Client
software|

| Standalone|

* Akregator
* BlogBridge
* Feedreader
* Flipboard
* Genieo
* Google Currents
* Google News
* Liferea
* NetNewsWire
* Newsbeuter
* NewsFire
* QuiteRSS
* RSS Bandit
* RSS Guard
* RSSOwl
* Seesmic

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Web browsers|

* AOL Explorer
* Basilisk
* Camino
* iCab
* Chrome (Android)
* Firefox
* Flock
* GNOME Web
* Internet Explorer
* K-Meleon
* Kazehakase
* Maxthon
* Microsoft Edge
* Netscape Browser
* Netscape Navigator 9
* OmniWeb
* Opera
* Otter Browser
* Pale Moon
* Safari
* SeaMonkey
* Shiira
* Sleipnir
* Tencent Traveler
* Vivaldi
* Waterfox

Email clients|

* Apple Mail
* Claws Mail
* Gnus
* HCL Domino
* Microsoft Outlook
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* Netscape Messenger 9
* Pegasus Mail
* The Bat!
* Windows Live Mail
* Zimbra

Plugins|

* Cooliris
* Sage

Web apps or
mobile apps|

* Bloglines
* CommaFeed
* Daylife
* Digg Reader
* Drupal
* Feedbin
* Feedly
* FriendFeed
* Google News
* Google Reader
* iGoogle
* dotCMS
* Imooty.eu
* Inoreader
* LinkedIn Pulse
* Magnolia
* My Yahoo!
* News360
* NewsBlur
* NewsBreak
* Newsknowledge
* Netvibes
* Pageflakes
* Planet
* Rojo.com
* Prismatic
* Spokeo
* The Old Reader
* Tiny Tiny RSS
* TweetDeck
* WebGUI
* Windows Live Personalized Experience
* winnowTag

Media
aggregators|

| Podcast client|

* Adobe Media Player
* Akregator
* Amarok
* Flock
* Apple Podcasts
* Juice
* MediaMonkey
* Miro
* Rhythmbox
* Songbird
* Winamp
* Zune

|

RSS + BitTorrent|

* BitLord
* BitTorrent 6
* Deluge
* Miro
* qBittorrent
* Tribler
* μTorrent
* Vuze

Related
articles|

* Comparison of feed aggregators
* History of media aggregation
* RSS enclosure

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