Comment by ggeorgovassilis
5 months ago
I'm self-hosting FreshRSS [1] with Docker on a Hetzner VM. Fast, clutter-free, has everything I need.
[1] https://freshrss.org/index.html
Edit: typo
5 months ago
I'm self-hosting FreshRSS [1] with Docker on a Hetzner VM. Fast, clutter-free, has everything I need.
[1] https://freshrss.org/index.html
Edit: typo
I built my own reader because I didn't want unread items to accumulate. It just shows what was published the last X days.
The result is that there is no need for persistent storage, so its real easy to host. If you're interested, its here: https://github.com/lukasknuth/briefly
My specific need for RSS is the accumulation. There are people who post once a week and I don't want to miss the posts because I was offline at the time.
I just bought a reseller plan from verpex host for $5/month. Can host unlimited domains and bandwidth with WHM. Access everything through cPanel and ftp. SSH on occasion.
Installed freshRSS in 1 min with softaculous
What the purpose of hosting whole reader instead of local app? Or is that something else/more than reader?
Allows you to check your feeds from multiple devices. For example I usually read from my phone, but sometimes would like to check my feeds from my desktop.
You could just subscribe to the same feeds from multiple devices/apps, but then you have to manually keep track of what's already been read and that will quickly get out of hand.
Synced read state.
If I read from my mobile using NetNewsWire and then go on my laptop and read with the FreshRSS web client, I don't need to wade through a bunch of articles I already read.
Runs 24/7. Also, I already host other things on the server, so there is no added cost.
freshrss is excellent.