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Tiny Tiny RSS vs NewsBlur: catalog facts
Tiny Tiny RSSNewsBlur
Free

Free and open source under the GPL. Hosting is separate.

Freemium

A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription. Self-hosting is free.

Web, Self-hosted Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted
  • Filtering and scoring rules that few other readers match
  • API support means third-party mobile clients work against your own server
  • Training on tags, authors and phrases genuinely reduces the noise
  • The entire service is open source and self-hostable
  • Official distribution is Docker-first and upstream is famously blunt about support
  • Requires PHP and PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • The free tier is limited to a small number of feeds
  • Self-hosting the full stack is a substantial undertaking
Self-hosted, Web application Hosted service, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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