# FreshRSS

> Free, self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator

FreshRSS is a free, open-source RSS and Atom feed aggregator that you install on your own server. It is a multi-user web application with search, saved queries, custom tags, themes and extensions, and it can build feeds for sites that publish none by scraping their pages. Third-party mobile and desktop apps connect through Google Reader and Fever compatible APIs. The project sells no plans of its own; hosted instances are offered by independent providers.

- **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks
- **Made by:** FreshRSS community
- **Website:** https://freshrss.org
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

FreshRSS is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free software under the GNU AGPL 3 license, installed on your own server. The project has no paid plan; hosted instances come from independent providers.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FreshRSS | $0 | The complete aggregator, self-hosted on a web server with PHP and a PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB or MySQL database. |

Read from https://freshrss.org/ on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with FreshRSS before buying.

## Key features

- **Feeds, podcasts and video channels:** Follows websites, podcasts and video channels in one place, imports and exports OPML, and receives instant updates from sources that support the WebSub standard.
- **Web scraping and generated feeds:** Creates feeds for sites that offer none by scraping pages with XPath or reading JSON documents, and can generate new feeds from your own filters.
- **Search, saved queries and tags:** Articles can be searched, searches can be saved as queries for quick access, and custom tags organize what you want to keep.
- **Multi-user with several login methods:** One installation serves several users and offers an anonymous reading mode, with login by web form, HTTP authentication or OpenID Connect.
- **APIs for mobile and desktop apps:** Google Reader and Fever compatible APIs let third-party apps on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows sync with a FreshRSS server. A command-line interface is included.
- **Themes, extensions and sharing:** Themes and extensions from a dedicated repository customize the reader, and selections of articles can be reshared as HTML, RSS or OPML.

## Good for

- People who want to run their own RSS reader on a small server
- Households or groups sharing one multi-user installation
- Following sites that publish no feed, using the built-in scraping

## Worth knowing

- You install and maintain it yourself: it needs a web server, PHP 8.1 or newer and a PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB or MySQL database.
- The project runs no hosted service of its own; public and managed instances come from independent providers with their own prices.
- Reading in a native app depends on third-party clients that connect through the Google Reader or Fever API.
- The README says the web interface works on mobile browsers except for a few features.

## Works with

Capy Reader, Readrops, FeedMe, Read You, Fluent Reader Lite, FeedFlow

**Tags:** RSS reader, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Miniflux](https://toolgpa.com/tools/miniflux): Minimalist open-source feed reader, self-hosted or hosted. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freshrss-vs-miniflux)
- [Tiny Tiny RSS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tiny-tiny-rss): Free, self-hosted web feed reader with filters and plugins. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freshrss-vs-tiny-tiny-rss)
- [NewsBlur](https://toolgpa.com/tools/newsblur): Open-source RSS reader with trainable story filters. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freshrss-vs-newsblur)
- [Feedbin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/feedbin): Paid RSS reader for feeds, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/feedbin-vs-freshrss)
- [Inoreader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inoreader): RSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freshrss-vs-inoreader)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://freshrss.org/
- https://freshrss.org/cloud-providers.html
- https://freshrss.org/legal.html
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS

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