Planet (software)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2010) |
| Stable release | 2.0
/ July 26, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Repository | |
| Written in | 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
In online media a planet is a feed aggregator application designed to collect posts from the
internet community and display them on a single page.[citation needed
]
History
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
Planet uses
templating engine
to output static files in any format.
Released under the Python License, Planet is free software.[5]
Adoption
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
- List of feed aggregators
- RSS
References
- ^ "Venus Configuration". intertwingly.net. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ Mukerjee, Aditya (2019-04-03), GitHub - ChimeraCoder/pluto: Pluto is not a Planet, retrieved 2020-01-11
- ^ "Pluto Planet Guide (Book Edition)". feedreader.github.io. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ "moonmoon: simple web based feed aggregator in PHP". moonmoon.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
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