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Bubo Reader vs FreshRSS: catalog facts
Bubo Reader	FreshRSS
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Output is a single static page with nothing to maintain at runtime Reads RSS, Atom and JSON feeds	Light enough for shared hosting, yet handles hundreds of feeds API support, so existing mobile feed readers work with it
No read or unread tracking, folders or search Needs a Node.js build step to refresh feeds	You run it, including PHP, a database and updates The interface is functional rather than beautiful
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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