Alternatives to selfoss

Web-based aggregator that mashes up RSS and other sources. 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 selfoss.

  • 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 also a light PHP reader for shared hosting, adding API support for mobile clients, XPath scraping and WebSub push, licensed AGPL-3.0.

  • Tiny Tiny RSS

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

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Tiny Tiny RSS adds powerful filtering, scoring and plugins with mobile API support, but requires PHP with PostgreSQL or MySQL and is Docker-first.

  • 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 single Go binary with tracker stripping and full-text search, but requires PostgreSQL and deliberately offers few features.

  • CommaFeed

    Google Reader-inspired self-hosted RSS reader.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    CommaFeed is a self-hosted Java application with SQLite and a Google Reader-style interface, but it has fewer filtering and automation features.

  • yarr

    Read web feeds through a compact self-hostable application.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    yarr runs as a single executable with a browser interface on Windows, macOS and Linux, keeping setup smaller than a PHP install.

  • Nextcloud News

    RSS reader that runs inside a Nextcloud instance.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Nextcloud News runs inside an existing Nextcloud instance with a well-supported mobile API, but is only useful if you already run Nextcloud.

  • Stringer

    Deliberately anti-social self-hosted RSS reader.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Stringer is a simple Rails self-hosted reader with no social features, but it has a minimal feature set and development is largely dormant.

  • NewsBlur

    Open-source cloud RSS reader that learns what you like.

    FreemiumOpen sourceAndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted

    NewsBlur is open source with training on tags and authors plus mobile apps, though self-hosting the full stack is a substantial undertaking.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.