RSS-Bridge
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for websites that lack them
Replaces Feedly
Best No-Database RSS & News Readers for self-hosting
The 9 best No-Database rss & news readers you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Kill the Newsletter
RSS & News ReadersConvert email newsletters into RSS feeds
Replaces Feedly
RSS-proxy
RSS & News ReadersTurn any website into an RSS, Atom, or JSON feed
Replaces Feedly
osmos::feed
RSS & News ReadersBuild an RSS reader as a static site with GitHub Actions
Replaces Feedly
rsspls
RSS & News ReadersGenerate RSS feeds for websites that lack them
Replaces RSS-Bridge
RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed
RSS & News ReadersSimple and smart RSS and Atom feed reader
Replaces Google Reader, 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
feed2toot
RSS & News ReadersAutomatically post RSS feed items to Mastodon
Replaces IFTTT
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSS-Bridge | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 128 MB | Unlicense | 9,286 |
| Kill the Newsletter | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 3,113 |
| RSS-proxy | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 1,923 |
| osmos::feed | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 32 MB | MIT | 989 |
| rsspls | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 413 |
| RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 292 |
| FeedMixer | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 238 |
| RSS reader nono Leed | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 | 235 |
| feed2toot | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 200 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: RSS-Bridge (9,286 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: osmos::feed (from 32 MB RAM, against 256 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: RSS-Bridge (verified single-container compose).
- Licensing: 6 of 9 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged No-Database within the rss & news readers category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.