
Installation
> [!NOTE]
> You can download the prebuilt binary artifacts from the Releases page.
Package Managers

WinGet
winget install arghena.katharsis
Cargo
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B(inary)Install:
cargo binstall katharsis@1.0.0-canary.30
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Crates.io:
cargo install --locked katharsis@1.0.0-canary.30
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Git:
git clone https://github.com/arghena/katharsis.git --branch v1.0.0-canary.30 --depth 1
cd katharsis && cargo install --locked --path .
Apt
curl -fsSLO https://github.com/arghena/katharsis/releases/download/v1.0.0-canary.30/katharsis_1.0.0-canary.30_amd64.deb
sudo apt install katharsis_1.0.0-canary.30_amd64.deb
Manual
curl -fsSL https://github.com/arghena/katharsis/releases/download/v1.0.0-canary.30/katharsis-v1.0.0-canary.30-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar -xz
mv katharsis-v1.0.0-canary.30-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/katharsis /usr/local/bin
Get Started
> [!NOTE]
> You can refer to our examples.
Run the following command to generate a katharsis.toml file in the current directory:
katharsis init
Run the following command to create a default rss.xml:
katharsis
Usage
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|
init | Generates a katharsis.toml file in the current directory |
help | Displays help information |
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|
-c | Specifies a katharsis.toml file as the config |
-h | Displays help information |
-V | Displays the current version of Katharsis |
> [!NOTE]
> If you do not specify the -c option, the katharsis.toml file in the current directory will be used by default.
Properties
You can refer to the RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law for more detailed documentation.
| Property | Description |
|---|
rss.title | The title of the website |
rss.description | A description of the website |
rss.site_url | The main URL of the website |
rss.image | Path to the channel's logo |
rss.copyright | Copyright information |
rss.language | Preferred language |
rss.output | Path to the local output RSS file |
> [!NOTE]
>
> - The rss.site_url property should not include a trailing slash (for example, https://example.com rather than https://example.com/).
> - The rss.image property is relative to the rss.site_url (for example, favicon.png corresponds to https://example.com/favicon.png).
> - The rss.output property specifies the path relative to the working directory (for example, rss.xml corresponds to ./rss.xml).
| Property | Description |
|---|
article.title | The tag containing the article's title |
article.description | The tag or attribute containing the article's description |
article.input | The HTML files that needs to be parsed |
article.author | Information about the article's author |
article.prefix | The relative prefix for the article's URL |
article.content | The tag or attribute containing the article's content |
article.date | The tag containing the article's publication date |
article.image | The image files to be used as the article cover |
article.sort | Whether to sort articles by their publication date |
> [!NOTE]
>
> - The article.input property corresponds to the file stem (*), which is the same as the article's URL slug.
> - The article.date property's tag must include a datetime attribute, and the attribute value must follow the %Y-%m-%d format.
> - The article.image property's folder name (**) must match the article's URL slug.
API Docs
Please refer to our API Docs.
Contributing
Please refer to our CONTRIBUTING.md.
Security
> [!NOTE]
> If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in Katharsis, we encourage you to responsibly disclose this and NOT open a public issue.
Please refer to our SECURITY.md.
Releases
The version naming of Katharsis follows Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.
Long-Term Support
> [!NOTE]
> When Katharsis releases a new major version, the previous stable version will be designated as an LTS version.
The LTS version of Katharsis provides security updates and bug fixes for six months.
Release Table
| Katharsis | MSRV1 | Codename | Released at | End of Life |
|---|
| v1.0.0 | 1.88.0 | Telescope | - | - |
License
Katharsis is distributed under the MIT License.