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FreshRSS vs selfoss: catalog facts
FreshRSS	selfoss
Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Light enough for shared hosting, yet handles hundreds of feeds API support, so existing mobile feed readers work with it	Spout plugins pull in sources that are not plain RSS Small PHP and SQLite install that runs on shared hosting
You run it, including PHP, a database and updates The interface is functional rather than beautiful	Development is slow and version 2 has been in progress a long time Interface is basic compared with newer readers
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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