Self-Hosted Google Reader Alternatives

Google Reader is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is CommaFeed, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Google Reader and 17 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Google Reader are FreshRSS, Feedbin, Miniflux and selfoss.

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    FreshRSS

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    FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS aggregator. It is quite lightweight, fast (it can manage +100k articles without complaining) and powerful (e.g. shortcuts, filters, responsive design, multi-views, multi-themes, multi-users, statistics, provides a Google Reader API, WebSub...

    150 FreshRSS alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
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    Feedbin

     214 likes

    Feedbin is a modern web reader to follow websites, Twitter feeds and email newsletters in one place. It boasts a clean interface, is ad-free, and costs $5/month.

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    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • ReadKit
    • FeedMe
    • Slow Feeds
    • Reeder
    • NetNewsWire
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    selfoss

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    selfoss is a multipurpose RSS reader and feed aggregation web application. It allows you to easily follow updates from different websites, social networks and other platforms, all in a single place. It is written in PHP, allowing you to run it basically anywhere.

    166 selfoss alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
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    Nextcloud News

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    The News app is an extension to Nextcloud. Essentially it is an RSS/Atom feed aggregator and offers a RESTful API for app developers. There are several clients, also for mobile devices.

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Nextcloud
    • Android Tablet
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    • European Union flagEU
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  9. Sismics Reader icon

    Sismics Reader

     31 likes

    Looking for a simple and open feed reader?

    Free, open source, easy to use, Sismics Reader is what you need to keep your feeds under control.

    Central

    Access all your RSS and Atom feeds in one central easy readable place.

    Easy

    Sismics Reader can be installed in few steps on al.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • European Union flagEU
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  10. FeedHQ icon

    FeedHQ

     6 likes

    FeedHQ is a simple, lightweight web-based feed reader. Main features: User-facing features

    RSS and ATOM support Grouping by categories Awesome pagination and intelligent browsing Great readability on all screen sizes (smatphones, tablets and desktops) Mobile-.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    RSSMonster

     6 likes

    RSSMonster is an open-source, self-hosted RSS reader that combines a modern three-pane interface. Its semantic layer runs largely on small local models — Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B, Qwen3.5-0.8B, and ModernBERT.

    175 RSSMonster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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