Pipes
Pipes is a visual editor for building feeds by connecting blocks that fetch, create, and transform data.
What Pipes is
Pipes is a visual editor for building feeds by connecting blocks that fetch, create, and transform data. It accepts RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds, plus HTML documents and plain text files. Blocks can filter, extract, merge, sort, and otherwise manipulate feed content. Data blocks work with XML and JSON and support JSONPath-style field selection. Feed-only pipes output RSS by default; pipes using data blocks output XML, with JSON available by adding json to the feed URL. The Feed block lists Vimeo, Dailymotion, Periscope, Mixcloud, Reddit, SVT Play, Speedrun.com, and YouTube integrations. Users can publish pipes with descriptions and tags, allowing others to find, like, or fork them. Anyone who knows a randomized output URL can access that feed. Pipes runs as a web service, while Pipes CE is a free AGPL-licensed open-source edition for local self-hosting. The hosted Free plan costs nothing for three pipes and a shorter timeout. Supporter costs 5.00 USD monthly; Regular costs 20.00 USD; Pro costs 79.00 USD. Paid plans can be cancelled monthly.
Good
- Visual block-based feed transformation
- Supports RSS, Atom, JSON, XML, HTML, and text
- Publishable pipes can be liked or forked
- Free local self-hosted edition
- Multiple media-feed integrations
Watch out
- Webhook data is erased after an hour
- Webhook endpoint allows five requests per minute
- Free plan allows three pipes
- JavaScript scraping requires a paid plan
Who it suits
Pipes suits people who need visual feed transformation, publishing, or local self-hosting, including users working with RSS, JSON, XML, HTML, or text.
Verdict
Pipes is useful for assembling and reshaping feeds without writing each transformation manually. Its hosted limits and publicly reachable randomized URLs matter when handling webhooks or sensitive outputs.
Plans and prices
From Pipes's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 pipes · Shorter pipe timeout |
| Supporter | $5 a month | 10 pipes · Full time limit · Charged monthly. Cancellable each month. |
| Regular | $20 a month | 50 pipes · Full time limit · JavaScript Scraping Support · Charged monthly. Cancellable each month. |
| Pro | $79 a month | 100 pipes · Full time limit · JavaScript Scraping Support · Faster feed update interval · Longer Webhook cache · Priority Support · Charged monthly. Cancellable each month. |
The facts
Each one read from Pipes's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Feed operations
- Blocks can filter, extract, merge, sort, and otherwise manipulate feed data.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Feed visibility
- Pipe output feeds are accessible to anyone who knows the randomized URL.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Input formats
- It supports RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds, HTML documents, and regular text files as inputs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists Vimeo, Dailymotion, Periscope, Mixcloud, Reddit, SVT Play, Speedrun.com, and YouTube through the Feed block.checked 7 Oct 2026
- JavaScript scraping
- The Download block can interpret JavaScript on downloaded pages on a paid plan.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- Feed-only pipes default to RSS, while pipes using data blocks default to XML and can output JSON by adding json to the feed URL.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pipes is a visual editor for fetching, creating, and manipulating feeds by connecting blocks.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Pipes CE is an AGPL-licensed free and open-source version that users can run locally.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Users can make pipes public, describe and tag them for search, and let others like or fork them.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Structured data
- Data blocks work directly with XML and JSON and support JSONPath-style field selection.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can report bugs and request features through the GitHub issue tracker or email [email protected].checked 7 Oct 2026
- Webhook limit
- Webhook data is erased after an hour, and the endpoint is currently limited to 5 requests per minute.checked 7 Oct 2026
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