Show HN: Open database of link metadata for large-scale analysis

I would like to share an open database focused on link-level metadata extraction and aggregation, which may be of interest to researchers.

The project maintains a structured dataset of links enriched with metadata such as:

- page title

- description / summary

- publication date (when available)

- thumbnail / preview image

- etc.

The goal is to provide a reusable, inspectable set of link metadata that can be used for experiments in areas such as:

- RSS and feed analysis

- news analysis

- link rot analysis?

The database is publicly available here:

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2025

There are also databases for previous years

15 points renegat0x0 10 months ago 1 comments

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