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 # GTS-HolMirDas 🚀

-RSS-based content discovery for [GoToSocial](https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial) instances.
+RSS-based content discovery for **[GoToSocial](https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial)** instances.

 Automatically discovers and federates content from RSS feeds across the Fediverse, helping small GoToSocial instances populate their federated timeline without relying on traditional relays.

-Inspired by the original [HolMirDas](https://github.com/aliceif/HolMirDas) by [@aliceif](https://mkultra.x27.one/@aliceif), adapted for GoToSocial with enhanced Docker deployment and multi-instance processing.
+*Inspired by the original [HolMirDas](https://github.com/aliceif/HolMirDas) for Misskey by [@aliceif](https://github.com/aliceif) ([@aliceif@mkultra.x27.one](https://mkultra.x27.one/@aliceif)), this GoToSocial adaptation extends the RSS-to-ActivityPub concept with enhanced Docker deployment and multi-instance processing.*

-## ✨ Key Features
+## Features

- **📡 Multi-Instance Discovery** - Fetches content from configurable RSS feeds across Fediverse instances
- **⚡ Performance Scaling** - 20-100 posts per feed with URL parameters (`?limit=100`)  
- **🐳 Production Ready** - Docker deployment, environment-based config, health monitoring
- **📊 Comprehensive Stats** - Runtime metrics, federation growth, performance tracking
- **🔧 Zero Maintenance** - Runs automatically every hour with duplicate detection
+- 📡 **Multi-Instance RSS Discovery** - Fetches content from configurable RSS feeds across Fediverse instances
+- ⚡ **Efficient Processing** - Configurable rate limiting and duplicate detection
+- 🔧 **Production Ready** - Environment-based config, Docker deployment, health monitoring
+- 📊 **Comprehensive Statistics** - Runtime metrics, content processing, and federation growth tracking
+- 🐳 **Containerized** - Simple Docker Compose deployment
+- 📁 **File-based Configuration** - Easy RSS feed management via text files

-## 🚀 Quick Start
+## How it Works
+
+**GTS-HolMirDas** reads RSS feeds from various Fediverse instances and uses GoToSocial's search API to federate the discovered content. This approach:
+
+- Maintains proper ActivityPub federation (posts remain interactive)
+- Respects rate limits and instance policies
+- Provides better content discovery for small instances
+- Works alongside tools like FediFetcher for comprehensive federation
+
+## Quick Start

 ```bash
 # Clone the repository
@ -26,8 +36,8 @@ cp .env.example .env
 cp rss_feeds.example.txt rss_feeds.txt

 # Edit configuration
-nano .env              # Add your GTS credentials
-nano rss_feeds.txt     # Customize RSS feeds
+nano .env          # Add your GTS credentials
+nano rss_feeds.txt # Customize RSS feeds

 # Deploy
 docker compose up -d
@ -35,78 +45,261 @@ docker compose up -d
 # Monitor
 docker compose logs -f
 ```
+# Performance Scaling & Configuration

-## 📈 Performance at Scale
+## 🚀 RSS Feed Optimization (v1.1.0+)
+
+GTS-HolMirDas supports URL parameters to dramatically increase content discovery without additional API calls.
+
+### RSS Feed Limits
+
+Most Mastodon-compatible instances support the `?limit=X` parameter:

-**Real Production Data:**
 ```
-📊 Runtime: 8:42 | 487 posts processed | 3,150+ instances discovered
-⚡ 56 posts/minute | 102 RSS feeds | +45 new instances per run
-💾 Resource usage: ~450MB RAM total (GoToSocial + tools)
+# Default behavior (20 posts per feed)
+https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss
+
+# Increased limits (up to 100 posts per feed)
+https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss?limit=50
+https://fosstodon.org/tags/docker.rss?limit=100
 ```

-**Scaling Options:**
- **Conservative:** 20 posts/feed (~100 posts/run)
- **Balanced:** 50 posts/feed (~300 posts/run) 
- **Aggressive:** 100 posts/feed (~600 posts/run)
+**Supported limits:** 20 (default), 50, 75, 100 (instance-dependent)

-## 🛠️ Configuration Essentials
+### Performance Impact
+
+| Configuration | Posts/Run | API Calls | Processing Time |
+|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
+| Standard (limit=20) | ~100 posts | 30+ feeds | 2-5 minutes |
+| Optimized (limit=50) | ~300 posts | 30+ feeds | 5-10 minutes |
+| Maximum (limit=100) | ~600 posts | 30+ feeds | 8-15 minutes |
+
+## ⚙️ Configuration Tuning
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+```env
+# Processing Configuration
+MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=75          # Increase for higher limits
+DELAY_BETWEEN_REQUESTS=1      # Balance speed vs. server load
+RSS_URLS_FILE=/app/rss_feeds.txt
+
+# Recommended combinations:
+# Conservative: MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=40, limit=50
+# Balanced:     MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=75, limit=100  
+# Aggressive:   MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=100, limit=100
+```
+
+### RSS Feed Strategy
+
+```
+# Progressive scaling approach:
+# 1. Start with mixed limits to test performance
+# 2. Increase gradually based on server capacity
+# 3. Monitor GoToSocial memory usage
+
+# Example progression:
+https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss?limit=50
+https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting.rss?limit=75
+https://chaos.social/tags/docker.rss?limit=100
+```
+
+## 📊 Monitoring & Optimization
+
+### Performance Metrics
+
+The statistics output shows real-time performance:
+
+```
+📊 GTS-HolMirDas Run Statistics:
+   ⏱️  Runtime: 0:08:42
+   📄 Total posts processed: 487
+   🌐 Current known instances: 3150
+   ➕ New instances discovered: +45
+   📡 RSS feeds processed: 102
+   ⚡ Posts per minute: 56.0
+```
+
+### Optimization Guidelines
+
+**Memory Usage:**
+- Monitor GoToSocial memory consumption during runs
+- Each 100 additional posts ≈ ~2-5MB additional RAM
+- Recommended: 1GB+ RAM for aggressive configurations
+
+**Processing Time:**
+- Scales linearly with `MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN × number_of_feeds`
+- Duplicate detection becomes more important at scale
+- Consider running frequency vs. content volume
+
+**Federation Growth:**
+- Higher limits = more diverse instance discovery
+- Expect 20-50+ new instances per optimized run
+- Balance discovery rate with storage capacity
+
+### Troubleshooting High-Volume Setups
+
+**If processing takes too long:**
+```env
+MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=50          # Reduce from 75/100
+DELAY_BETWEEN_REQUESTS=2      # Increase from 1
+```
+
+**If GoToSocial uses too much memory:**
+- Reduce RSS feed count temporarily
+- Lower `?limit=` parameters to 50 instead of 100
+- Increase run frequency instead of volume
+
+**If duplicate detection is slow:**
+- Storage cleanup: `docker-compose exec gts-holmirdas rm -f /app/data/processed_urls.json`
+- This forces fresh state tracking (posts will be reprocessed once)
+
+## 🎯 Best Practices
+
+### Scaling Strategy
+
+1. **Start Conservative:** `limit=50`, `MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=40`
+2. **Monitor Performance:** Check RAM usage and processing time
+3. **Scale Gradually:** Increase to `limit=75`, then `limit=100`
+4. **Optimize Mix:** Use different limits per instance based on quality
+
+### Instance Selection
+
+**High-quality instances for aggressive limits:**
+```
+# Tech-focused instances (good signal-to-noise ratio)
+https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab.rss?limit=100
+https://infosec.exchange/tags/security.rss?limit=100
+
+# General instances (moderate limits recommended)  
+https://mastodon.social/tags/technology.rss?limit=50
+```
+
+**Performance tip:** Specialized instances often have higher content quality at scale than general-purpose instances.
+
+## Configuration

 ### Environment Variables (.env)
+
 ```bash
-# Required
+# GTS Server Configuration
 GTS_SERVER_URL=https://your-gts-instance.tld
 GTS_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_gts_access_token

-# Performance Tuning
+# Processing Configuration
 MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN=25              # Posts per feed per run
 DELAY_BETWEEN_REQUESTS=1          # Seconds between API calls
-LOG_LEVEL=INFO                    # DEBUG for troubleshooting
+LOG_LEVEL=INFO                    # Logging verbosity
+
+# RSS Configuration
+RSS_URLS_FILE=/app/rss_feeds.txt  # Path to RSS feeds file
+
+# Optional: Monitoring
+HEALTHCHECK_URL=https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid
 ```

 ### RSS Feeds (rss_feeds.txt)
-```bash
-# Use URL parameters to scale performance
-https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss?limit=50
-https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting.rss?limit=100
-https://infosec.exchange/tags/security.rss?limit=75
+
+```
+# Example RSS feeds - customize for your interests
+# homelab
+https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss
+https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab.rss
+
+# selfhosting
+https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting.rss
+https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfhosting.rss
+
+# Add your preferred instances and hashtags
 ```

-### GoToSocial Access Token
+## Access Token Setup
+
 1. Login to your GoToSocial instance
-2. Settings → Applications → Create new application
-3. Required scopes: `read`, `read:search`, `read:statuses`
-4. Copy access token to `.env` file
+2. Go to Settings → Applications
+3. Create new application with scopes: `read`, `read:search`, `read:statuses`
+4. Copy the access token to your `.env` file

-## 📖 Complete Documentation
+## Statistics Output

-For detailed information, visit our **[Wiki](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki)**:
+```
+📊 GTS-HolMirDas Run Statistics:
+   ⏱️ Runtime: 0:04:14
+   📄 Total posts processed: 45
+   🌐 Current known instances: 2519
+   ➕ New instances discovered: +3
+   📡 RSS feeds processed: 25
+   ⚡ Posts per minute: 10.6
+```

- **[📋 Installation Guide](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/Installation-Guide.-)** - Detailed setup, Docker configuration, deployment options
- **[📈 Performance & Scaling](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/Performance-%26-Scaling)** - Optimization tables, scaling strategies, resource planning  
- **[🛠️ Troubleshooting](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/Troubleshooting)** - Common issues, Docker problems, debugging guide
- **[⚙️ Advanced Configuration](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/Advanced-Configuration)** - Environment variables, RSS strategies, production tips
- **[📊 Monitoring & Stats](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/Monitoring-%26-Stats)** - Understanding output, health monitoring, metrics
- **[❓ FAQ](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/wiki/FAQ+-+Frequently+Asked+Questions.-)** - Common questions and answers
+## Resource Requirements

-## 🤝 Community & Support
+- **Memory**: ~200-500MB depending on feed count
+- **CPU**: Minimal (mostly I/O bound)
+- **Storage**: <100MB for application, plus log storage
+- **Network**: Depends on RSS feed count and frequency

- **[Contributing Guide](Contributing)** - Development setup and contribution guidelines *(coming soon)*
- **Issues**: [Report bugs or request features](https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/issues)  
- **Contact**: [@matthias@me.klein.ruhr](https://me.klein.ruhr/@matthias) on the Fediverse
+## Deployment Options

-## 🔗 Related Projects
+### Docker Compose (Recommended)
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```

- **[FediFetcher](https://github.com/nanos/fedifetcher)** - Fetches missing replies and posts
- **[GoToSocial](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial)** - Lightweight ActivityPub server  
- **[slurp](https://github.com/VyrCossont/slurp)** - Import posts from other instances
+### Standalone Docker
+```bash
+docker build -t gts-holmirdas .
+docker run -d --env-file .env \
+  -v ./data:/app/data \
+  -v ./gts_holmirdas.py:/app/gts_holmirdas.py:ro \
+  -v ./rss_feeds.txt:/app/rss_feeds.txt:ro \
+  gts-holmirdas
+```

-## 📄 License
+## Monitoring

-MIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
+- **Logs**: `docker compose logs -f`
+- **Health**: Optional Healthchecks.io integration
+- **Statistics**: Built-in runtime and performance metrics
+- **Resource Usage**: Docker stats or container monitoring tools

-## 🙏 Acknowledgments
+## Troubleshooting

- Inspired by [HolMirDas](https://github.com/aliceif/HolMirDas) by [@aliceif](https://mkultra.x27.one/@aliceif)
+### Common Issues
+
+- **No posts processed**: Check access token permissions and RSS feed URLs
+- **Rate limiting errors**: Increase `DELAY_BETWEEN_REQUESTS` or reduce feed count
+- **High memory usage**: Reduce `MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN` or feed frequency
+- **Container won't start**: Verify `.env` file format and required variables
+
+### Debug Mode
+
+```bash
+# Enable debug logging
+echo "LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG" >> .env
+docker compose restart gts-holmirdas
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Create a feature branch
+3. Make your changes
+4. Test thoroughly
+5. Submit a pull request
+
+## Related Projects
+
+- [FediFetcher](https://github.com/nanos/fedifetcher) - Fetches missing replies and posts
+- [GoToSocial](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial) - Lightweight ActivityPub server
+- [slurp](https://github.com/VyrCossont/slurp) - Import posts from other instances
+
+## License
+
+MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+- Inspired by [HolMirDas](https://github.com/aliceif/HolMirDas) by [@aliceif](https://github.com/aliceif) ([@aliceif@mkultra.x27.one](https://mkultra.x27.one/@aliceif)) - the original RSS-to-ActivityPub concept
 - Built for the GoToSocial community
- RSS-to-ActivityPub federation approach
+- RSS-to-ActivityPub approach inspired by Fediverse discovery challenges
--- a/gts_holmirdas.py
+++ b/gts_holmirdas.py
@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class GTSHolMirDas:
            try:
                with open(rss_urls_file, 'r') as f:
                    self.config["rss_urls"] = [
-                        line.split('#', 1)[0].strip() for line in f
-                        if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith('#')
+                        line.strip() for line in f 
+                        if line.strip() and not line.startswith('#')
                    ]
                self.logger.info(f"Loaded {len(self.config['rss_urls'])} RSS URLs from file: {rss_urls_file}")
            except Exception as e: