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illa-buildervsRSSbrew

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

illa-builderRSSbrew
Score67/10042/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#58 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars12 336296
Stars, last 30 days+14—
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v2026.1 · 29 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 42/100 for RSSbrew, so it is the safer default.

RSSbrew ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

If you want the quickest setup, RSSbrew is easier to run; illa-builder needs more configuration.

illa-builder is growing faster right now (+14 stars in 30 days).

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