plans: - name: Free description: >- Lobsters provides its public API at no cost. All public endpoints returning stories, comments, tags, and user profiles are freely accessible without authentication or registration. No commercial pricing tiers exist. url: https://lobste.rs/about authentication: - type: None description: Public read endpoints require no authentication. - type: RSSToken description: >- A private RSS token can be passed as a query parameter to access personalized RSS feeds. The token is available to registered users in their account settings. features: - Public JSON API for stories, comments, tags, and users - Paginated story listings (newest, hottest) - Tag-filtered story feeds - Per-story comment threads - User profile lookup - RSS feeds for public and personalized content limits: - No documented rate limits for public endpoints - No API key required for read access