# SimplePie

> SimplePie is a very fast and easy-to-use class, written in PHP, that puts the
> *simple* back into *Really Simple Syndication* (RSS). Flexible enough to suit
> beginners and veterans alike, SimplePie is focused on [speed, ease of use,
> compatibility and standards compliance](http://simplepie.org/wiki/faq/what_is_simplepie).

[Read the rest of the original readme](../README.markdown).

## FreshRSS fork

[This repository `FreshRSS/simplepie`](https://github.com/FreshRSS/simplepie) is a fork of the [main repository `simplepie/simplepie`](https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie)
intended to be used for [FreshRSS](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS), which is a free, self-hostable news aggregator.

The default branch [`freshrss`](https://github.com/FreshRSS/simplepie/tree/freshrss) is the one used in [the FreshRSS codebase](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/tree/edge/lib/simplepie).

This allows in particular to use fixes and patches, which have not (yet) been submitted upstream or not (yet) merged upstream.

### Differences

[See the differences](https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/compare/master...FreshRSS:simplepie:freshrss).
