Alternatives to Stringer

Deliberately anti-social self-hosted RSS reader. 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 Stringer.

  • Miniflux

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

    FreemiumOpen sourcemacOSLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    Miniflux is similarly minimal but actively maintained as a Go binary with full-text search and tracker stripping, requiring PostgreSQL.

  • 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 a light PHP self-hosted reader with API support for mobile clients and XPath scraping, under AGPL-3.0.

  • CommaFeed

    Google Reader-inspired self-hosted RSS reader.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    CommaFeed is a self-hosted Java app with SQLite and Google Reader-style keyboard shortcuts, running on modest hardware.

  • Tiny Tiny RSS

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

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Tiny Tiny RSS adds filtering, scoring rules, plugins and mobile client API support, but requires PHP and PostgreSQL or MySQL.

  • 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 the minimal approach with even simpler deployment.

  • selfoss

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

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    selfoss is a small PHP and SQLite reader that runs on shared hosting and uses spout plugins for non-RSS sources, though development is slow.

  • Nextcloud News

    RSS reader that runs inside a Nextcloud instance.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Nextcloud News reuses an existing Nextcloud install and has several mobile clients, but is only practical if you already run Nextcloud.

  • FeedHQ

    Minimal hosted feed reader with an open-source server.

    FreemiumOpen 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.