Bubo Reader by georgemandis
An irrationally minimalist, static feed reader (RSS, Atom, JSON) you can instantly deploy on Netlify, Glitch or your own server.
About Bubo Reader
From the project's README at github.com/georgemandis/bubo-rss. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Bubo Reader is a hyper-minimalist feed reader (RSS, Atom, JSON) you can deploy on your own server or Netlify in a few steps. The goal of the project is to generate a webpage that shows a list of links from a collection of feeds organized by category and website. That's it.
It is named after this silly robot owl from Clash of the Titans (1981).
You can read more about this project on my blog: Introducing Bubo RSS: An Absurdly Minimalist RSS Feed Reader. Publishing Bubos RSS to Netlify with GitHub Actions Get Started Clone or fork the repo and run to install the dependencies. Update to include categories and links to feeds you would like to see. Run
That's it! You should now have a static page with links to the latest content from your feeds in the folder, ready to serve.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 231 | github.com/georgemandis/bubo-rss |
| GitHub forks | 56 | github.com/georgemandis/bubo-rss |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 6.4 years | since Nov 2019 |
| Last commit | 4 months ago | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 4 | last: 2.9 years ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 → |
Replaces these paid SaaS
Bubo Reader is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Bubo Reader?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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