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Last Updated: 07-07-2026 09:30 AM (UTC)

Freshrss

Where Miniflux strips reading down, FreshRSS gives you knobs - the feature-rich pole of self-hosted RSS, comfortable with thousands of feeds. It's a multi-user PHP aggregator (host family and friends on one instance, with an anonymous reading mode) with the reading workflow refined over a decade: favorites, custom tags, powerful filter and search queries, three reading views, and statistics that reveal each site's publishing frequency - useful for pruning subscriptions. Two properties make it the standard choice. First, the Google Reader-compatible API (plus a Fever API) syncs with virtually every serious RSS client - Reeder, NetNewsWire, ReadYou, FeedMe, Fluent Reader - so your phone reads from your server. Second, native WebSub support means compatible sources (WordPress, Blogger, Medium, Friendica) push new articles instantly instead of waiting for polling. A 50+ extension ecosystem adds what truncated feeds omit - full-text content fetching, reading-time estimates, trending views, auto-unsubscribe for dead feeds - alongside community themes and custom CSS. OPML import/export keeps subscriptions portable, a CLI handles administration, and article sharing posts to many services. AGPL-licensed, running on SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL. Feedly Pro's feature set, minus Feedly's subscription and its algorithms.

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Benefits

  • Every Client Works
  • Google Reader and Fever APIs sync Reeder, NetNewsWire, ReadYou, and dozens more.
  • News Arrives, Not Polled
  • WebSub push delivers articles from WordPress, Medium, and Blogger instantly.
  • Whole-Household Reader
  • Multi-user with per-user feeds and settings, plus anonymous reading mode.
  • No Algorithm, No Fee
  • Unlimited feeds and full-text fetching free - your reading order, chronological.

Features

  • Reading Workflow
  • Favorites, custom tags, filters, search queries, and multiple view modes.
  • Feed Statistics
  • Publishing-frequency charts help prune noisy or dead subscriptions.
  • Extension Ecosystem
  • 50+ add-ons: full-text RSS, reading time, trending, auto-unsubscribe.
  • Themes and Custom CSS
  • Community themes with per-user styling freedom.
  • OPML and CLI
  • Portable subscriptions and command-line administration.
  • Flexible Storage
  • SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL backends scale to thousands of feeds.