RSSHub
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for sites that lack them
Replaces Feedly
Best Lightweight RSS & News Readers for self-hosting
The 37 best Lightweight rss & news readers you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
FreshRSS
RSS & News ReadersFree, self-hostable RSS feed aggregator
Replaces Feedly, Inoreader
Miniflux
RSS & News ReadersMinimalist and opinionated RSS feed reader
Replaces Feedly, Inoreader
Fluent Reader
RSS & News ReadersModern desktop RSS reader with a fluent design
Replaces Feedly
RSS-Bridge
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for websites that lack them
Replaces Feedly
Stringer
RSS & News ReadersAnti-social, self-hosted RSS reader
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
yarr
RSS & News ReadersYet another RSS reader as a single binary
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
Newsboat
RSS & News ReadersTerminal RSS and Atom feed reader for text consoles
Replaces Feedly
CommaFeed
RSS & News ReadersGoogle Reader-inspired self-hosted RSS reader
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
Kill the Newsletter
RSS & News ReadersConvert email newsletters into RSS feeds
Replaces Feedly
Feeder
RSS & News ReadersLightweight offline RSS reader for Android
Replaces Feedly
RSS Guard
RSS & News ReadersCross-platform desktop feed reader with plugin support
Replaces Feedly
selfoss
RSS & News ReadersMultipurpose RSS reader and web scraping aggregator
Replaces Google Reader, Feedly
Fusion
RSS & News ReadersLightweight self-hosted RSS reader with full-text fetch
Replaces Feedly, Inoreader
RSS-proxy
RSS & News ReadersTurn any website into an RSS, Atom, or JSON feed
Replaces Feedly
QuiteRSS
RSS & News ReadersOpen-source cross-platform RSS and Atom news aggregator
Replaces Feedly
osmos::feed
RSS & News ReadersBuild an RSS reader as a static site with GitHub Actions
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
RSSBox
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for sites without native feeds
Replaces RSS-Bridge
morss
RSS & News ReadersGet full-text and complete RSS feeds from any source
Replaces Feedly
Nom RSS by guyfedwards
RSS & News ReadersTerminal RSS and Atom feed reader
Replaces Feedly, Newsboat
Readrops
RSS & News ReadersAndroid RSS reader that syncs with self-hosted services
Replaces Feedly
Feed mixer nono Granary
RSS & News ReadersConvert between feed formats and social network data
Replaces Feedly
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
Newsraft
RSS & News ReadersFeature-rich terminal RSS and Atom feed reader
Replaces Feedly
RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed
RSS & News ReadersSimple and smart RSS and Atom feed reader
Replaces Google Reader, Feedly
Russ
RSS & News ReadersTerminal RSS and Atom feed reader
Replaces Feedly
FeedMixer
RSS & News ReadersAggregate multiple feeds into one combined RSS feed
Replaces RSS Mix, Feedly
RSS reader nono Leed
RSS & News ReadersFree and minimalist self-hosted RSS feed aggregator
Replaces Google Reader, Feedly
Goeland
RSS & News ReadersFeed aggregator that forwards items to email and webhooks
Replaces Feedly, IFTTT
feed2toot
RSS & News ReadersAutomatically post RSS feed items to Mastodon
Replaces IFTTT
RSS Funnel
RSS & News ReadersProgrammable proxy for transforming RSS feeds
Replaces Feedbin, Feedly
Feed dashboard nono Reader-self
RSS & News ReadersPHP RSS aggregator with a Google Reader API
Replaces Google Reader, Feedly
Coldsweat
RSS & News ReadersWeb RSS aggregator and reader with a Fever API
Replaces Google Reader, Feedly
Yarrharr
RSS & News ReadersSelf-hosted feed reader with a mobile-friendly interface
Replaces Feedly, Google Reader
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSSHub | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 46,518 |
| FreshRSS | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 16,283 |
| Miniflux | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 128 MB | Apache-2.0 | 9,794 |
| Fluent Reader | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 9,708 |
| RSS-Bridge | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 128 MB | Unlicense | 9,286 |
| Stringer | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 4,128 |
| yarr | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 4,070 |
| Newsboat | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 32 MB | MIT | 3,925 |
| CommaFeed | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 3,631 |
| Kill the Newsletter | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 3,113 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: RSSHub (46,518 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Newsboat (from 32 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: FreshRSS (verified single-container compose).
- Licensing: 18 of 37 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the rss & news readers category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.