RSSHub
Easy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2,678 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Feed Readers: Feedly alternatives.
At a glance
RSSHub quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 46,728
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to RSSHub
In its own words
The project's README opens: "RSSHub pairs especially well with Folo , an AI RSS reader for feed discovery and modern reading workflows. The project is also open source on GitHub ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
RSSHub scores 99/100, #1 of 26 in Feed Readers: 2,678 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 46,728 stars add 18.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
2678 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.7 / 20
47k 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
- 2678
- Last 90 days
- 4,751
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 26 tools in Feed Readers by health , just above Glance (#2) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470 · yesterday |
| Stars | 46,728 |
| Open issues | 20 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | DIYgod/RSSHub ↗ |
RSSHub vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with RSSHub (Feed Readers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSSHub (this tool) | 99 | 47k | MIT | today |
| Glance | 98 | 38k | AGPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
| FreshRSS | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Yarr | 84 | 4.1k | MIT | yesterday |
| Tiny Tiny RSS | 67 | 871 | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Leed | 60 | 235 | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
RSSHub: common questions
Is RSSHub still maintained?
RSSHub had 2,678 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2026.10.29-8494.9dae470, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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