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selfoss vs Leed: catalog facts
selfoss	Leed
Free Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
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	Lightweight PHP application that runs on ordinary web hosting OPML import and export for subscriptions
Development is slow and version 2 has been in progress a long time Interface is basic compared with newer readers	Requires a PHP server and a MySQL database Project text and documentation are largely in French
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	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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