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Stringer vs Tiny Tiny RSS: catalog facts
Stringer	Tiny Tiny RSS
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Hosting is separate.	Free Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No social features, recommendations or analytics by design Simple Rails application that deploys to a small server easily	Filtering and scoring rules that few other readers match API support means third-party mobile clients work against your own server
Minimal feature set; no filtering, tagging or mobile apps Development is largely dormant	Official distribution is Docker-first and upstream is famously blunt about support Requires PHP and PostgreSQL or MySQL
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
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 September 22, 2026

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