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Tiny Tiny RSS

Free, self-hosted web feed reader with filters and plugins

FreeRead LaterChecked Oct 6, 2026
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Tiny Tiny RSS report card

3.2GPA

Very good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 9, 2026

Best for heavy feed loads on your own server

Tiny Tiny RSS is a free feed reader you host yourself, built for people with a lot of feeds: regex filters, article scoring, plugins and themes. Two things to know before you start. It's self-hosted only, through Docker. And the original project was retired in November 2025, so what you install today is a fork kept going by a long-time contributor.

Who Tiny Tiny RSS is for

  • Great if you already run services with Docker and want your reader alongside them
  • Handy when you have a heavy feed load and want regex filters and scoring to sort it
  • Good for people who want to republish a selection of articles as a feed of their own

Who Tiny Tiny RSS is not for

  • Skip it if you don't run Docker, as the site says support may be limited any other way
  • Not for you if you want a phone app, since the Android client is no longer maintained
  • Not for you if a project changing hands worries you, as the original was retired in November 2025

Why Tiny Tiny RSS gets a 3.2

Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.

  • AValue for moneyFree software under the GNU GPLv3, with no paid plan and no hosted version from the project. The only bill is for whatever server you run it on.
  • AFree plan and trialThe complete reader is free, with nothing kept back for payers. There simply isn't a paid tier.
  • AFeaturesFolders inside folders, regex filters that act on articles, and scoring that pushes articles up or down the list. Nearly any view can be republished as an Atom or JSON feed. Plugins add full-text extraction and sharing, and there's a daily email digest of unread headlines.
  • DEase of useIt's self-hosted only: you run, back up and update the server yourself. Installation expects Docker, and the site says support may be limited if you do it any other way.
  • BPlatforms and integrationsA web app with a documented JSON API for third-party clients. But the Android client is no longer maintained and its APK downloads are gone, so in practice you read in the browser.

What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tiny Tiny RSS's own pages on 6 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.

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What is Tiny Tiny RSS?

Tiny Tiny RSS (tt-rss) is a free, open-source, web-based feed reader and aggregator that you host yourself, normally with Docker. It organizes feeds into folders, filters and scores articles with regular expressions, and can be extended with plugins and themes. The original project was retired on 2025-11-01, and development now continues as a fork run by a long-time contributor, which also maintains the tt-rss.org documentation.

Tiny Tiny RSS is free to use. See every plan

Good for

  • Self-hosters who already run services with Docker
  • Readers who want regex filters and scoring to sort a heavy feed load
  • People who want to republish selections of articles as feeds

Worth knowing

  • The original project was retired on 2025-11-01; the current code is a fork begun on 2025-10-03 by a long-time contributor.
  • Installation expects Docker, and the site says support may be limited if you run it any other way.
  • The Android client is no longer maintained and its APK downloads are gone, so reading happens in the web interface.
  • It is self-hosted only: you run, back up and update the server yourself.

Key features

Folders, OPML and deduplication
Feeds are organized into folders and subfolders, imported and exported as OPML, and deduplicated, with a plugin that uses perceptual hashing for repeated images. Podcasts are supported.
Content filters and scoring
Filters match articles against regular expressions and then apply actions. Score-changing filters move articles up or down the headline list and can mark very low scores as read.
Generated feeds and publishing
Almost anything shown in the headline list, such as a feed, label or category, can be re-published as an Atom or JSON feed protected by a random key.
Share anything
A bookmarklet shares arbitrary web pages into your Published feed, and combined with Readability this lets tt-rss work like a read-it-later site.
Plugins and themes
Plugins share articles to other sites, extract full article text with Readability, change hotkeys or handle unusual feeds, and themes restyle the interface.
Email digests and JSON API
Users can opt into a daily email digest of unread headlines, and a documented JSON API is available for third-party clients.

Tiny Tiny RSS pricing

Starts at
Free
Free plan
Free software under the GNU GPLv3 license, run on your own server. There is no paid plan and no hosted version from the project.
Free trial
None listed
Tiny Tiny RSS$0The complete reader, self-hosted from the project's Docker images and kept current from the main branch.

Read from tt-rss.org on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tiny Tiny RSS before you buy.

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Common questions

Is Tiny Tiny RSS free?

Yes. Tiny Tiny RSS is free to use. Free software under the GNU GPLv3 license, run on your own server. There is no paid plan and no hosted version from the project.

How much does Tiny Tiny RSS cost?

Tiny Tiny RSS lists one plan. Tiny Tiny RSS: $0. Prices were read from tt-rss.org on Oct 6, 2026.

What platforms does Tiny Tiny RSS work on?

Tiny Tiny RSS is available on Web.

Does Tiny Tiny RSS have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Tiny Tiny RSS is listed for Web.

Does Tiny Tiny RSS have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Tiny Tiny RSS is listed for Web.

Is Tiny Tiny RSS open source?

Yes. Tiny Tiny RSS is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.

Does Tiny Tiny RSS have an API?

Yes. Tiny Tiny RSS offers a public API, according to its own site.

Who makes Tiny Tiny RSS?

Tiny Tiny RSS is made by tt-rss contributors; created by Andrew Dolgov. It dates from 2005.

What are the alternatives to Tiny Tiny RSS?

The closest alternatives to Tiny Tiny RSS in our directory are FreshRSS, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader and Inoreader. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Tiny Tiny RSS.

Sources for this page

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