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feed2toot vs Goeland

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted rss & news readers options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FE feed2toot Automatically post RSS feed items to Mastodon VS GO Goeland Feed aggregator that forwards items to email and webhooks
Featurefeed2tootGoeland
Deploy effortRead-the-docs projectUnder-an-hour setup
CategoryRSS & News ReadersRSS & News Readers
LicenseMITMIT
LanguagePythonGo
Setup difficultyEasyMedium
Min. RAM64 MB64 MB
Deploymentbinary, sourcedocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 200★ 207
First released20172020
ReplacesIFTTTFeedly, IFTTT

What are feed2toot and Goeland?

feed2toot

feed2toot is a command-line tool that parses RSS feeds and automatically publishes new entries to a Mastodon account. It supports filtering by keywords and hashtag handling for building automated fediverse feeds.

  • RSS to Mastodon posting
  • Keyword filtering
  • Hashtag handling
  • Cron-friendly

Goeland

Goeland is a feed aggregator written in Go that fetches RSS and Atom feeds and pushes new entries to outputs such as email, RSS, or webhooks. It is designed for automation pipelines.

  • Feed-to-email and webhooks
  • Pipeline-friendly design
  • Single Go binary

feed2toot vs Goeland: key differences

Feed2toot is written in Python, while Goeland is built with Go. Feed2toot is the more established project (first released 2017), while Goeland arrived in 2020. Goeland lists first-class Docker deployment; feed2toot does not.

Why pick each one

Choose feed2toot if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Watch out for

  • No web interface
  • One-way only
feed2toot details

Choose Goeland if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Go
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
Goeland details

Frequently asked questions

Is feed2toot or Goeland better?

Neither is universally better. Goeland has the larger community, while feed2toot is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are feed2toot and Goeland free and open-source?

Yes. feed2toot is licensed under MIT and Goeland under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run feed2toot and Goeland with Docker?

feed2toot: check the project docs for container support. Goeland: yes.

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