FreshRSS vs Inoreader
FreshRSS and Inoreader are both RSS reader software. FreshRSS is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 16k GitHub stars. Inoreader is a commercial product from Innologica.
Which to pick
- Pick FreshRSS when
- You want your own feed server that syncs read state across phone and desktop apps, on cheap PHP hosting.
- Pick Inoreader when
- You are a heavy RSS user who wants rules and search to manage hundreds of feeds.
Side by side
A self-hosted RSS and Atom aggregator in PHP with multi-user support, WebSub, extensions and APIs that mobile reader apps can sync with.
A web and mobile RSS reader with rules, filters, full-text search, newsletter and social feeds, and highlights.
You run and update the server yourself, and the default UI looks dated.
Many power features need a paid plan, and the free tier shows ads.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service and mobile app
PHP, SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL
Not published
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Closed source, sold by Innologica
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
16k GitHub stars
135 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 14 years ago, latest release 1.30.4.
Not known
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.