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Newspipe vs selfoss: catalog facts
Newspipe	selfoss
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Keeps feeds and reading data on your own server Actively developed Python and Flask codebase	Spout plugins pull in sources that are not plain RSS Small PHP and SQLite install that runs on shared hosting
Requires deploying and maintaining a Python web app No official mobile apps	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
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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