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• R RSS - Really Simple Syndication RSS - Really Simple Syndication remote Sep 12, 2026, 12:56 PM You are here

  Building an indie RSS reader and hit a wall creating a Reddit API app — is this closed for new devs now?

  I've been working on Syndic, a feed reader for iOS/macOS, on my own and as a personal project (no big commercial ambitions, mostly for the learning and the fun of it). I'll try to document things here from time to time as I go — technical questions, design decisions, whatever comes up — so if you run into me around here, that's why.

  Today I ran into something concrete: I want the app to be able to use Reddit's official API for subreddit feeds (instead of relying on the public RSS, which has its limits), so I went to create an app at reddit.com/prefs/apps to get credentials — and it won't let me create one.

  I know Reddit changed its API policy quite a bit in 2023 (the whole Apollo situation), but I'm not sure whether:

  • They're still accepting new app registrations for independent developers, or if it's now basically closed unless you're already a known partner.
  • This is an issue on my end (something misconfigured, pending verification, etc.) or a general wall a lot of people are hitting right now.

  Has anyone run into this recently and knows if there's an actual way to get access, or do we just have to live with the public RSS and its rate limits?

  Thanks in advance, and if you're curious about the project I'll keep sharing how it goes.

  Arturo Rey
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