reader
reader is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Feed Readers category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in Python. It has 558 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Feed Readers
- Python
- BSD-3-Clause
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 558
- Forks
- 61
- Open issues
- 34
- Commits, last 12 months
- 393
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest release
- 3.27Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Dec 24, 2017
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 393 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors7 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 393 |
| Latest release | 3.27 (Oct 11, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 92 |
| Open issues | 34 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 2 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 24, 2017 |
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About reader
Feed reader web app and library (so you can use it to build your own), with only standard library and pure-Python dependencies.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/lemon24/reader.
Topics
- rss
- rss-reader
- rss-aggregator
- rss-feed
- atom-feed
- podcast
- podcast-client
- podcast-aggregator
- podcast-fetcher
- podcatcher
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Is reader free and open source?
Yes. reader is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause 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 reader with Docker?
reader 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 reader?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to reader include RSSHub, Glance and FreshRSS.
Is reader actively maintained?
The most recent commit to reader was on Oct 22, 2026 with 393 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 3.27, published Oct 11, 2026. It had 34 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.