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NewsBlur vs FreshRSS: catalog facts
NewsBlur	FreshRSS
Freemium A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription. Self-hosting is free.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0.
Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Training on tags, authors and phrases genuinely reduces the noise The entire service is open source and self-hostable	Light enough for shared hosting, yet handles hundreds of feeds API support, so existing mobile feed readers work with it
The free tier is limited to a small number of feeds Self-hosting the full stack is a substantial undertaking	You run it, including PHP, a database and updates The interface is functional rather than beautiful
Hosted service, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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