JARR
JARR (Just Another RSS Reader) is a web-based news aggregator and reader (fork of Newspipe).
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Still maintained? Yes: 1 commit in the last 90 days, latest release v1.0.2 (Jul 2016).
Comparisons in Feed Readers: Feedly alternatives.
At a glance
JARR quick facts
- Health score
- 30/100 STALE
- Stars
- 129
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.0.2, Jul 2016
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "This project has given up GitHub. (See Software Freedom Conservancy's Give Up GitHub site for details.)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
JARR scores 30/100, #22 of 26 in Feed Readers: 1 commit in the last 90 days earns 1.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.0.2, 10.3 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 129 stars add 8.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 33.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 1.2 / 35
1 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
v1.0.2 released 10.3 years ago
- Stars 8.5 / 20
129 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 1
- Last 90 days
- 11
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 26 tools in Feed Readers by health , between Readflow (#21) and RSS2EMail (#23) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | v1.0.2 · 10.3 years ago |
| Stars | 129 |
| Open issues | 24 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | jaesivsm/JARR ↗ |
JARR vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with JARR (Feed Readers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miniflux | 96 | 9.9k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| NewsBlur | 86 | 7.7k | MIT | today |
| Yarr | 84 | 4.1k | MIT | yesterday |
| RSS Monster | 81 | 571 | MIT | today |
| Fusion | 72 | 2.2k | MIT | 23 days ago |
| JARR (this tool) | 30 | 129 | AGPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
JARR: common questions
Is JARR still maintained?
JARR had 1 commit in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v1.0.2, is from 10.3 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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