Fluent Reader
RSS & News ReadersModern desktop RSS reader with a fluent design
Replaces Feedly
Best Cross-Platform RSS & News Readers for self-hosting
The 11 best Cross-Platform rss & news readers you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
yarr
RSS & News ReadersYet another RSS reader as a single binary
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
RSS Guard
RSS & News ReadersCross-platform desktop feed reader with plugin support
Replaces Feedly
QuiteRSS
RSS & News ReadersOpen-source cross-platform RSS and Atom news aggregator
Replaces Feedly
Liferea
RSS & News ReadersLinux Feed Reader for the GNOME desktop
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
NewsFlash
RSS & News ReadersDesktop feed reader and spiritual successor to FeedReader
Replaces Feedly
RSS Monster
RSS & News ReadersEasy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible
rss2email
RSS & News ReadersGet RSS and Atom feeds as email messages
Replaces Feedly
rsspls
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for websites that lack them
Replaces RSS-Bridge
Feeds Fun
RSS & News ReadersNews reader with tags, scoring, and AI
Bubo Reader
RSS & News ReadersIrrationally minimal RSS feed reader
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluent Reader | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 9,708 |
| yarr | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 4,070 |
| RSS Guard | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,803 |
| QuiteRSS | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 1,091 |
| Liferea | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 925 |
| NewsFlash | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 900 |
| RSS Monster | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 567 |
| rss2email | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 459 |
| rsspls | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 413 |
| Feeds Fun | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 395 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Fluent Reader (9,708 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: yarr (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 4 of 11 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the rss & news readers category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.