What is oksskolten?

Oksskolten is an AI-native RSS reader built for self-hosting. Unlike typical RSS readers that only display feed summaries, this application fetches each article from its original URL, processes the content through Mozilla's Readability library enhanced with hundreds of noise-removal rules, and saves the output as clean Markdown. This full-text foundation enables on-demand AI summarization and translation across three LLM providers, along with a chat interface powered by an MCP server that can search your archive and answer questions. Authentication methods include passwords, Passkeys (WebAuthn), and GitHub OAuth, each configurable independently. The interface offers fourteen color schemes, custom theme import via JSON, nine reading fonts, and functions offline as a PWA with background sync. Deployment relies on Docker Compose: the main application runs in a single container (Node.js 22, Fastify, React 19) alongside Meilisearch for search, with optional RSS Bridge and FlareSolverr services. Pre-built multi-architecture images are available on GHCR. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Should you self-host oksskolten?

oksskolten scores 48/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #37 of 85 in Feed Reader. It has 497 GitHub stars.

It shipped 8 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.5.0, came out on 8 June 2026. New versions land roughly every 2 days.

Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is AGPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in Typescript.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is RSS Monster (55/100, 571 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See oksskolten vs RSS Monster side by side.

Features

Adaptive feed scheduling
AI Summarization
AI Translation
Article Clipping
Auto feed discovery
Bot-protected site bypass
Custom theming
Full-Text Extraction
Full-Text Search
Interactive AI chat
MCP Server
Multi-Factor Authentication
Single-Container Deployment
Smart feed fetching

How to configure oksskolten

AUTH_DISABLEDDisable authentication (requires NODE_ENV=development)
Disable authentication (requires NODE_ENV=development)
values: 1
CRON_SCHEDULE*/5 * * * *Feed fetch cron schedule
Feed fetch cron schedule
values: cron expression
DATABASE_URLfile:/data/rss.dbSQLite database URL
SQLite database URL
values: file path
DATA_DIR./dataData directory path (default: ./data)
Data directory path (default: ./data)
values: absolute path
FETCH_CONCURRENCY5Article fetch concurrency
Article fetch concurrency
values: integer
FLARESOLVERR_CONCURRENCY0FlareSolverr concurrency limit
FlareSolverr concurrency limit
values: integer
FLARESOLVERR_URLhttp://flaresolverr:8191FlareSolverr service URL
FlareSolverr service URL
values: URL
JWT_SECRETJWT signing secret (auto-generated and stored in DB by default)
JWT signing secret (auto-generated and stored in DB by default)
LOG_LEVELinfoLog level (default: info)
Log level (default: info)
values: debug, info, warn, error
MEILI_MASTER_KEYMeilisearch master key (required for production)
Meilisearch master key (required for production)
values: string
MEILI_URLhttp://meilisearch:7700Meilisearch URL
Meilisearch URL
values: URL
OLLAMA_BASE_URLhttp://host.docker.internal:11434Ollama base URL for local LLM
Ollama base URL for local LLM
values: URL
PARSE_MAX_THREADS2Maximum parser threads
Maximum parser threads
values: integer
PORT3000Server port (default: 3000)
Server port (default: 3000)
values: port number
RSS_BRIDGE_URLhttp://rss-bridge:80RSS Bridge service URL
RSS Bridge service URL
values: URL
SCORE_RECALC_SCHEDULE*/5 * * * *Cron schedule for score recalculation (default: */5 * * * *)
Cron schedule for score recalculation (default: */5 * * * *)
values: Cron expression
TUNNEL_TOKENCloudflare Tunnel token (required for production with tunnel)
Cloudflare Tunnel token (required for production with tunnel)
values: string
TURSO_AUTH_TOKENTurso authentication token (only if using Turso instead of local SQLite)
Turso authentication token (only if using Turso instead of local SQLite)
values: string
TZUTCTimezone (default: UTC)
Timezone (default: UTC)
values: Any valid IANA timezone
VLLM_BASE_URLBase URL for vLLM API
Base URL for vLLM API
values: URL