NewsBlur
NewsBlur is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Feed Readers category, licensed MIT and written mainly in HTML. It is a self-hosted alternative to Feedly. It has 7,672 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,672
- Forks
- 1,046
- Open issues
- 122
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3,866
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.2.2Aug 11, 2026
- Created
- Jan 5, 2009
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,866 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,866 |
| Latest release | v0.2.2 (Aug 11, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 27 |
| Open issues | 122 |
| Open pull requests | 20 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jan 5, 2009 |
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About NewsBlur
Personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur.
Topics
- rss-reader
- ios
- android
- mongodb
- postgresql
- redis
- elasticsearch
- python
- rss
- feed-reader
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Is NewsBlur free and open source?
Yes. NewsBlur is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run NewsBlur with Docker?
NewsBlur does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to NewsBlur?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to NewsBlur include RSSHub, Glance and FreshRSS. NewsBlur itself is a self-hosted alternative to Feedly.
Is NewsBlur actively maintained?
The most recent commit to NewsBlur was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,866 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.2.2, published Aug 11, 2026. It had 122 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.