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

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