selfoss 2.20-SNAPSHOT by fossar

multipurpose rss reader, live stream, mashup, aggregation web application

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Verdict 61/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3.6 years ago

Self-host selfoss 2.20-SNAPSHOT on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
61 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
2.5k
340 forks

About selfoss 2.20-SNAPSHOT

From the project's README at github.com/fossar/selfoss. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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

selfoss is currently maintained by Jan Tojnar in his free time. Due to the limited capacity, maintenance is prioritized over new features. Pull requests are welcome, see the Contributing guide. Download

Stable releases - if you just want to use selfoss. Development builds - if you want to try unreleased features or bug fixes, or help testing them. Hosted by Cloudsmith Git-tracked source code - if you want to join selfoss development. Some assembly required. Installation

1. Upload all files of this directory (IMPORTANT: also upload the invisible files). 2. Make the directories , , , and writeable. 3. Insert database access data in (see below). You do not need to change anything if you want to use SQLite. 4. You do not need to create the database tables, they will

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
45
maturity
85
community
85
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
31

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 2.5k github.com/fossar/selfoss
GitHub forks 340 github.com/fossar/selfoss
Docker Hub pulls 0 hub.docker.com / fossar

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age14.6 yearssince Oct 2011
Last commit1 months agoApr 2, 2026
Releases shipped23last: 3.6 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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