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Sunred
An open-source, self-hostable RSS reader with a web app, terminal UI and CLI, plus following and sharing between readers over the AT Protocol (Bluesky's network).
Last push to fuegoio/sunred 2026-09-26 (gh api); Show HN 2026-09-16; hosted app live 2026-10-26. (checked 2026-10-25)
In RSS readers
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (21% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? both (16% of 19 others)
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? import and export (13% of 15 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? social is central (follows, likes, votes) (5% of 19 others)
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? only self-hosted or cookieless page counts (11% of 18 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) (68% of 19 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? website or web app run by the maker (53% of 19 others)
- What does a regular reader pay? nothing, and no ads (50% of 18 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? in its own clean reader view (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- FreshRSS 65% of 17 shared answers match
- NetNewsWire 59% of 17 shared answers match
- Lectura 56% of 16 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Solo maker (fuegoio); free hosted instance, no pricing shown. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Self-host the API server, web app and optional relay; federation reaches other instances through a relay. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | account required Sign in with an AT Proto (Bluesky) handle. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart both Web app for anyone; terminal UI, CLI and REST API for developers. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed RSS/Atom/JSON Feed reader; AT Protocol only carries the social layer. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | feeds or sites to follow | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | newest first (chronological) 'Newest first. Nothing ranked for you.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | no AI No AI features in the docs or README. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) Own REST API and account; AT Proto carries identity and social graph, not a Fever/Google Reader API. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | stands apart import and export Settings > OPML imports and exports. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | website or web app run by the maker Hosted web app is the main path; self-hosting is offered. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | nothing, and no ads No pricing on the site. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | stands apart social is central (follows, likes, votes) Follow people, like and share articles across instances. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | stands apart only self-hosted or cookieless page counts Site loads self-hosted Umami from maker domain; README calls it optional. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | in its own clean reader view Clicking a card opens the in-app reader; clicking the title opens the original. The maker's Show HN said 'no in-app reader', but the current docs describe one. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/fuegoio/sunred · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · sunred.app/ · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · sunred.app/docs · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · sunred.app/docs/feeds · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · sunred.app/docs/web-ui · collected 2026-10-26
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