Best self-hosted Feed Readers apps

A news aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, feed reader, news reader, RSS reader, is an application that aggregates web content such as newspapers/blogs/vlogs/podcasts in one location for easy viewing.

26 open source Feed Readers tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.

RSSHub

★ 44,872

Easy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments.

Feed Readers MIT

Glance

★ 35,323

Glance is a lightweight, configurable dashboard that gathers feeds, service status and widgets on a single screen. Hosted by you, it centralizes everything you check daily.

Personal DashboardsFeed Readers AGPL-3.0

FreshRSS

★ 15,378

Self-hostable RSS feed aggregator.

Feed Readers AGPL-3.0

Miniflux

★ 9,387

Minimalist news reader.

Feed Readers Apache-2.0

RSS-Bridge

★ 9,025

Generate RSS/ATOM feeds for websites which don't have one.

Feed Readers Unlicense

NewsBlur

★ 7,516

Personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument.

Feed Readers MIT

Stringer

★ 4,116

Work-in-progress self-hosted, anti-social RSS reader.

Feed Readers MIT

Yarr

★ 3,861

Yarr (yet another rss reader) is a web-based feed aggregator which can be used both as a desktop application and a personal self-hosted server.

Feed Readers MIT

CommaFeed

★ 3,556

Google Reader inspired self-hosted RSS reader.

Feed Readers Apache-2.0

Selfoss

★ 2,464

New multipurpose rss reader, live stream, mashup, aggregation web application.

Feed Readers GPL-3.0

Fusion

★ 2,118

Lightweight RSS aggregator and reader.

Feed Readers MIT

bewCloud

★ 1,198

File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).

File Transfer & SynchronizationGroupware AGPL-3.0

Tiny Tiny RSS

★ 767

Web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.

Feed Readers GPL-3.0

reader

★ 542

Feed reader web app and library (so you can use it to build your own), with only standard library and pure-Python dependencies.

Feed Readers BSD-3-Clause

Upvote RSS

★ 487

Generate rich RSS feeds from Reddit, Hacker News, Lemmy, Mbin, and more.

Feed Readers MIT

Readflow

★ 470

Lightweight news reader with modern interface and features: full-text search, automatic categorization, archiving, offline support, notifications.

Feed Readers AGPL-3.0

RSS Monster

★ 470

Easy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible with the Fever API (alternative to Google Reader).

Feed Readers MIT

RSS2EMail

★ 450

Fetches RSS/Atom-feeds and pushes new content to any email-receiver, supports OPML.

Feed Readers GPL-2.0

Feeds Fun

★ 371

News reader with tags, scoring, and AI.

Feed Readers BSD-3-Clause

TinyFeed

★ 370

Generate a static HTML page from a collection of feeds with a simple CLI.

Feed Readers MIT

FeedCord

★ 314

Simple, lightweight & customizable RSS News Feed for your Discord Server.

Feed Readers MIT

Kriss Feed

★ 289

Simple and smart (or stupid) feed reader.

Feed Readers CC0-1.0

Bubo Reader

★ 233

Irrationally minimal RSS feed reader.

Feed Readers MIT

Leed

★ 230

Leed (for Light Feed) is a Free and minimalist RSS aggregator.

Feed Readers AGPL-3.0

JARR

★ 129

JARR (Just Another RSS Reader) is a web-based news aggregator and reader (fork of Newspipe).

Feed Readers AGPL-3.0

Newspipe

Web news reader.

Feed Readers AGPL-3.0

Frequently asked questions

What are the best self-hosted Feed Readers tools?

Among the 26 options, the most popular include RSSHub, Glance, FreshRSS. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.

Is there a free open source alternative for Feed Readers?

Yes — all 26 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.

Where can I host a Feed Readers app?

On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.