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Stringer vs KrISS feed: catalog facts
Stringer	KrISS feed
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Hosting is separate.	Free Free to use, released into the public domain under CC0.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No social features, recommendations or analytics by design Simple Rails application that deploys to a small server easily	Installs as a single PHP file No database required
Minimal feature set; no filtering, tagging or mobile apps Development is largely dormant	Basic interface compared with larger feed readers No formal releases, only the repository
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License: CC0-1.0
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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