Readflow

Lightweight news reader with modern interface and features: full-text search, automatic categorization, archiving, offline support, notifications.

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Still maintained? Yes: 5 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.2.0 (Mar 2024).

Comparisons in Feed Readers: Feedly alternatives.

Docker #21 of 26 in Feed Readers

At a glance

Readflow quick facts

Health score: 37/100 STALE
Stars: 476
Last commit: 18 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release: v1.2.0, Mar 2024
Licence: AGPL-3.0

View ncarlier/readflow on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Health score explained

Readflow scores 37/100, #21 of 26 in Feed Readers: 5 commits in the last 90 days earn 5.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.2.0, 2.7 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 476 stars add 10.7 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 29.2 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity biggest shortfall 5.8 / 35

5 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 0.0 / 25

v1.2.0 released 2.7 years ago
Stars 10.7 / 20

476 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

5
Last 90 days: 19
Last 12 months: 18 days ago
Last push

Ranked #21 of 26 tools in Feed Readers by health , between Feeds Fun (#20) and JARR (#22) .

Details

Licence	AGPL-3.0
Platforms	Go, Docker
Latest release	v1.2.0 · 2.7 years ago
Stars	476
Open issues	10
Docker	Yes
Repository	ncarlier/readflow ↗

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Readflow vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Readflow (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
Tiny Tiny RSS	67	871	GPL-3.0	5 days ago
Feeds Fun	43	397	BSD-3-Clause	8 days ago
Readflow (this tool)	37	476	AGPL-3.0	18 days ago
JARR	30	129	AGPL-3.0	1 month ago

Readflow: common questions

Is Readflow still maintained?

Readflow had 5 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 18 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.2.0, is from 2.7 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.

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