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selfossCommaFeed
Free

Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache licence. A hosted instance is available.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Spout plugins pull in sources that are not plain RSS
  • Small PHP and SQLite install that runs on shared hosting
  • Familiar Google Reader interface and keyboard shortcuts
  • Single Java application with SQLite, so it runs on modest hardware
  • Development is slow and version 2 has been in progress a long time
  • Interface is basic compared with newer readers
  • Fewer filtering and automation features than Tiny Tiny RSS
  • Small maintainer team
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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