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selfoss vs FreshRSS: catalog facts
selfoss	FreshRSS
Free Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Spout plugins pull in sources that are not plain RSS Small PHP and SQLite install that runs on shared hosting	Light enough for shared hosting, yet handles hundreds of feeds API support, so existing mobile feed readers work with it
Development is slow and version 2 has been in progress a long time Interface is basic compared with newer readers	You run it, including PHP, a database and updates The interface is functional rather than beautiful
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	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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