NewsBlur vs Winds
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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choose an app… RSSHub Karakeep ArchiveBox Linkwarden Omnivore FreshRSS Wallabag Shiori Linkding Fluent Reader Miniflux RSS-Bridge Floccus Buku TagSpaces Stringer yarr Shaarli Newsboat Feedbin CommaFeed Pinry Kill the Newsletter Tiny Tiny RSS Feeder RSS Guard selfoss Fusion Feed reader nono Antennapod-server-Wenholt bewCloud QuiteRSS Nextcloud News osmos::feed Liferea NewsFlash RSSBox morss FeedReader Nom RSS by guyfedwards FeedHQ Readrops Reader by lemon24 Feed mixer nono Granary RSS Monster Yotter rss2email rsspls Feedpushr Feeds Fun Tinyfeed FeedCord Newsraft RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed Russ FeedMixer Bubo Reader RSS reader nono Leed feed2toot Goeland RSS Funnel Feed dashboard nono Reader-self Coldsweat JARR TrueRSS rss2hook Newspipe Yarrharr
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choose an app… RSSHub Karakeep ArchiveBox Linkwarden Omnivore FreshRSS Wallabag Shiori Linkding Fluent Reader Miniflux RSS-Bridge Floccus Buku TagSpaces Stringer yarr Shaarli Newsboat Feedbin CommaFeed Pinry Kill the Newsletter Tiny Tiny RSS Feeder RSS Guard selfoss Fusion Feed reader nono Antennapod-server-Wenholt bewCloud QuiteRSS Nextcloud News osmos::feed Liferea NewsFlash RSSBox morss FeedReader Nom RSS by guyfedwards FeedHQ Readrops Reader by lemon24 Feed mixer nono Granary RSS Monster Yotter rss2email rsspls Feedpushr Feeds Fun FeedCord Newsraft RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed Russ FeedMixer Bubo Reader RSS reader nono Leed feed2toot Goeland RSS Funnel Feed dashboard nono Reader-self Coldsweat JARR TrueRSS rss2hook Newspipe Yarrharr
Feature NewsBlur Winds Category RSS & News Readers RSS & News Readers License MIT MIT Language Python JavaScript Setup difficulty Hard Hard Min. RAM 2,048 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker docker GitHub stars ★ 7,577 ★ 9,115 First released 2009 2017 Replaces Feedly, Google Reader Feedly
Why pick each one
Choose NewsBlur if… Smart story highlighting Good mobile apps Social features NewsBlur details Choose Winds if… Released under the MIT license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Mature project with 9.1k GitHub stars Written in JavaScript Winds details
Frequently asked questions Is NewsBlur or Winds better? Neither is universally better. Winds has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are NewsBlur and Winds free and open-source? Yes. NewsBlur is licensed under MIT and Winds under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run NewsBlur and Winds with Docker? NewsBlur: yes. Winds: yes.