A free, self-hostable aggregator…
FreshRSS
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator.
It is lightweight, easy to work with, powerful, and customizable.
It is a multi-user application with an anonymous reading mode. It supports custom tags. There is an API for (mobile) clients, and a Command-Line Interface.
Thanks to the WebSub standard, FreshRSS is able to receive instant push notifications from compatible sources, such as Friendica, WordPress, Blogger, Medium, etc.
FreshRSS natively supports basic Web scraping, based on XPath, for Web sites not providing any RSS / Atom feed.
Different login methods are supported: Web form (including an anonymous option), HTTP Authentication (compatible with proxy delegation), OpenID Connect.
Finally, FreshRSS supports extensions for further tuning.
Feedback and contributions
Feature requests, bug reports, and other contributions are welcome. The best way is to open an issue on GitHub. We are a friendly community.
To facilitate contributions, the following option is available:
Screenshot
Disclaimer
FreshRSS comes with absolutely no warranty.
Requirements
The latest stable release can be found here. New versions are released every two to three months.
If you want a rolling release with the newest features, or want to help testing or developing the next stable version, you can use the edge
branch.
Automated install
Manual install
./p/
folder to the Web)./data/
folder for the webserver userdata/config.php
.AllowEncodedSlashes
for better compatibility with mobile clients.More detailed information about installation and server configuration can be found in our documentation.
Advice
./p/
folder to the Web.
./data/
folder contains all personal data, so it is a bad idea to expose it../constants.php
file defines access to the application folder. If you want to customize your installation, look here first../data/users//log.txt
files.
./data/users/_/
contains the part of the logs that are shared by all users.FreshRSS supports further customizations by adding extensions on top of its core functionality. See the repository dedicated to those extensions.
APIs & native apps
FreshRSS supports access from mobile / native apps for Linux, Android, iOS, Windows and macOS, via two distinct APIs: Google Reader API (best), and Fever API (limited features and less efficient).
App Platform Free Software Maintained & Developed API Works offline Fast sync Fetch more in individual views Fetch read articles Favourites Labels Podcasts Manage feeds
News+ with Google Reader extension
Android Partially 2015 GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
FeedMe* Android ➖ ✔️✔️ GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐ ➖ ➖ ✔️ ✓ ✔️ ✔️
EasyRSS Android ✔️ ✔️ GReader Bug ⭐⭐ ➖ ➖ ✔️ ➖ ➖ ➖
Readrops Android ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ✔️
Fluent Reader Lite Android, iOS ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader, Fever ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ➖ ➖ ✓ ➖ ➖ ➖
FocusReader Android ➖ ✔️✔️ GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ➖ ➖ ✔️ ➖ ✓ ✔️
ChristopheHenry Android ✔️ Work in progress GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ ➖ ➖
Fluent Reader Windows, Linux, macOS ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader, Fever ✔️ ⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✓ ➖ ➖ ➖
RSS Guard Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, OS/2 ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
NewsFlash GNU/Linux ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader, Fever ➖ ⭐⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ ➖
Newsboat 2.24+ GNU/Linux, macOS, FreeBSD ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader ➖ ⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ ✔️ ➖
Vienna RSS macOS ✔️ ✔️✔️ GReader ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔
Readkit iOS, macOS ➖ ✔️✔️ GReader ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ ✓ 💲
Reeder* iOS, macOS ➖ ✔️✔️ GReader, Fever ✔️ ⭐⭐⭐ ➖ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ ➖ ✔️
lire iOS, macOS ➖ ✔️✔️ GReader ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔
Unread iOS ➖ ✔️✔️ Fever ✔️ ❔ ❔ ❔ ✔️ ➖ ➖ ➖
Fiery Feeds iOS ➖ ✔️✔️ Fever ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ❔ ➖ ➖ ➖
Netnewswire iOS, macOS ✔️ Work in progress GReader ✔️ ❔ ❔ ❔ ✔️ ➖ ❔ ✔️
* Install and enable the GReader Redate extension to have the correct publication date for feed articles if you are using Reeder 4 or FeedMe. (No longer required for Reeder 5)
Included libraries
Only for some options or configurations
Alternatives
If FreshRSS does not suit you for one reason or another, here are alternative solutions to consider:
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