19 self-hosted Google Reader alternatives

Google Reader was a popular RSS and Atom feed aggregator from Google, discontinued in 2013. It remains a reference point for feed reader design. These open-source apps let you replace Google Reader with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Google Reader alternatives

FreshRSS

RSS & News Readers

Free, self-hostable RSS feed aggregator

Replaces Feedly, Inoreader

★ 15.7k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

NewsBlur

RSS & News Readers

Personal news reader with training and sharing

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 7.6k Hard setup MIT

Stringer

RSS & News Readers

Anti-social, self-hosted RSS reader

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 4.1k Medium setup MIT

yarr

RSS & News Readers

Yet another RSS reader as a single binary

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 3.9k Easy setup MIT

Feedbin

RSS & News Readers

Nice, simple, open-source RSS reader

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 3.8k Hard setup MIT

CommaFeed

RSS & News Readers

Google Reader-inspired self-hosted RSS reader

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 3.6k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Tiny Tiny RSS

RSS & News Readers

Web-based news feed reader and aggregator

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 3k Medium setup GPL-3.0

selfoss

RSS & News Readers

Multipurpose RSS reader and web scraping aggregator

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 2.5k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Nextcloud News

RSS & News Readers

RSS and Atom feed reader app for Nextcloud

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 993 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Liferea

RSS & News Readers

Linux Feed Reader for the GNOME desktop

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 912 Easy setup GPL-2.0

FeedHQ

RSS & News Readers

Web-based feed reader with Google Reader API support

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 579 Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Reader by lemon24

RSS & News Readers

Self-hosted feed reader with a clean reading view

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 548 Easy setup MIT

Tinyfeed

E-books & Media Library

Generate a static HTML page from a collection of feeds

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 373 Medium setup MIT

RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed

RSS & News Readers

Simple and smart RSS and Atom feed reader

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 291 Easy setup MIT

RSS reader nono Leed

RSS & News Readers

Free and minimalist self-hosted RSS feed aggregator

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 233 Easy setup CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0

Feed dashboard nono Reader-self

RSS & News Readers

PHP RSS aggregator with a Google Reader API

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 153 Easy setup MIT

Coldsweat

RSS & News Readers

Web RSS aggregator and reader with a Fever API

Replaces Google Reader, Feedly

★ 146 Medium setup MIT

Newspipe

RSS & News Readers

Web-based news aggregator and notification service

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 7 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Yarrharr

RSS & News Readers

Self-hosted feed reader with a mobile-friendly interface

Replaces Feedly, Google Reader

★ 3 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Compare Google Reader alternatives

Switching from Google Reader

Moving off Google Reader means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.