Alternatives to FeedHQ

Minimal hosted feed reader with an open-source server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as FeedHQ.

  • The Old Reader

    Hosted feed reader modelled on the original Google Reader.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    The Old Reader is a closed-source hosted reader faithful to Google Reader with social sharing and a free tier, and also relies on third-party mobile clients.

  • FreshRSS

    A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    FreshRSS is free AGPL self-hosted software that handles hundreds of feeds, with API support for mobile readers, XPath scraping and WebSub push.

  • Miniflux

    A deliberately minimal feed reader: one Go binary, a PostgreSQL database, and no options you do not need.

    FreemiumOpen sourcemacOSLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    Miniflux is a minimal freemium reader that runs as one Go binary with PostgreSQL, adding tracker stripping, full-text search and twenty languages.

  • BazQux Reader

    Fast Google Reader-style hosted feed reader that shows comments.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    BazQux Reader is a paid, closed-source hosted reader with a fast Google Reader-style interface that also shows comment threads alongside articles.

  • CommaFeed

    Google Reader-inspired self-hosted RSS reader.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    CommaFeed is a free Apache-licensed self-hosted reader with a Google Reader interface, running as a single Java application with SQLite on modest hardware.

  • Tiny Tiny RSS

    Long-running self-hosted news aggregator with plugins and filters.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Tiny Tiny RSS is a free GPL self-hosted aggregator with plugins, filtering and scoring rules, and an API for third-party mobile clients, requiring PHP and a database.

  • Feedbin

    Paid RSS reader that also handles newsletters and YouTube.

    PaidOpen sourceWeb

    Feedbin is a paid hosted reader with no free tier that adds newsletters, YouTube and Mastodon, and its API is supported by most third-party reader apps.

  • Inoreader

    Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Inoreader is closed source and hosted only, with official Android and iOS apps plus rules, filters and full-text search on paid tiers.

Also worth comparing

These listings name FeedHQ as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Stringer

    Deliberately anti-social self-hosted RSS reader.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    FeedHQ has an open-source BSD-3-Clause server with a Google Reader-compatible API for existing clients, plus a paid hosted option.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.