georss-client
A GeoRSS client library.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building a GeoRSS-based client or Home Assistant integration. The framework is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and solves a specific problem well—managing feed state and change detection. Install only if you need to consume GeoRSS feeds; this is not a standalone tool but a library for developers.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.11 or later; concrete implementations (e.g., for earthquakes or bushfires) are separate packages.
- Low friction installation with four common dependencies (haversine, xmltodict, requests, python-dateutil).
- Active maintenance as of late July 2026 with recent release history since 2018.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most integration scenarios.
last release 2026-06-24 (51 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-21 · 1 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 104,925 downloads/mo, #12,731 on PyPI
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pip install georss-client
from georss_client import GeoRSSClient
client = GeoRSSClient()
status, entries = client.update()- Whether the framework includes built-in feed manager state persistence or if that must be implemented by the consumer.
- Performance characteristics when handling feeds with large numbers of entries or frequent updates.
What it is and what it does
This is a base framework for building GeoRSS feed clients—libraries that fetch and parse geographic event feeds from sources like earthquake monitors and bushfire alerts. It handles the common plumbing: fetching feeds via HTTP, parsing GeoRSS XML, extracting location and event data, and managing feed state across updates. The package itself is not a complete client; instead, you use it to build concrete clients for specific feeds (several examples are listed in the documentation, covering earthquakes, fires, and generic GeoRSS sources).
The framework provides a feed manager that tracks which entries are new, updated, or removed between successive feed fetches, returning status codes to indicate success or failure. This is useful for applications like Home Assistant that need to monitor multiple geographic event feeds and react to changes. You instantiate a concrete implementation, call update() to fetch the latest feed, and receive a tuple of status and entry data; the feed manager handles the bookkeeping of what changed since the last update.
Use it for
- Build a Home Assistant integration that monitors earthquake feeds from multiple regional sources.
- Track bushfire alerts from government GeoRSS feeds and notify users of events near their location.
- Aggregate generic GeoRSS feeds from multiple providers and deduplicate entries based on external IDs.
- Implement a location-aware alert system that filters feed entries by geographic proximity using haversine distance.
- Monitor feed updates over time and detect when entries are removed or updated between polling cycles.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building a GeoRSS-based client or Home Assistant integration.
The framework is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and solves a specific problem well—managing feed state and change detection. Install only if you need to consume GeoRSS feeds; this is not a standalone tool but a library for developers.
Install
georss-client on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with four common dependencies (haversine, xmltodict, requests, python-dateutil). Active maintenance as of late July 2026 with recent release history since 2018.
Requires Python 3.11 or later; concrete implementations (e.g., for earthquakes or bushfires) are separate packages.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most integration scenarios.
Quickstart
pip install georss-client
from georss_client import GeoRSSClient
client = GeoRSSClient()
status, entries = client.update()Verify before relying
- Whether the framework includes built-in feed manager state persistence or if that must be implemented by the consumer.
- Performance characteristics when handling feeds with large numbers of entries or frequent updates.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.11 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packageshaversinexmltodictrequestspython-dateutil |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 51 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 104,925 / month, #12,731 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: georss_client-2026.6.1-py3-none-any.whl
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