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The Old Reader vs FreshRSS: catalog facts
The Old Reader	FreshRSS
Freemium A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0.
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Deliberately faithful to the original Google Reader, including social sharing Free tier is usable for a modest number of feeds	Light enough for shared hosting, yet handles hundreds of feeds API support, so existing mobile feed readers work with it
Free accounts are limited in feeds and refresh frequency No official mobile apps; it relies on third-party clients	You run it, including PHP, a database and updates The interface is functional rather than beautiful
Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account 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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