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FreshRSSvsrss-reader

Two self-hosted Feed Reader projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

FreshRSSrss-reader
Score79/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 85 in Feed Reader#41 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars16 437438
Stars, last 30 days+311—
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest release1.30.4 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

FreshRSS scores 79/100 against 47/100 for rss-reader, so it is the safer default.

FreshRSS ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for rss-reader.

FreshRSS is growing faster right now (+311 stars in 30 days).

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