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harnessvsrss-reader

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

harnessrss-reader
Score80/10047/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#41 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars38 753438
Stars, last 30 days+319+0
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 47/100 for rss-reader, so it is the safer default.

harness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for rss-reader.

harness is growing faster right now (+319 stars in 30 days).

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