# feedbin/feedbin

A nice place to read on the web.

Repository: https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/feedbin
Homepage: https://feedbin.com
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:52:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4758, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3778, forks 290 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.320230+00:00)

## What it is
Feedbin is a web-based RSS reader built as a Ruby on Rails application, offering a clean reading interface for feeds, newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube. It is the open-source codebase behind the hosted Feedbin service and exposes a REST-like API for third-party client apps.

## Use cases
- read rss feeds in a clean web interface
- subscribe to email newsletters via a unique address
- listen to podcasts and remember playback position
- follow youtube channels without the algorithm
- extract full article content from partial feeds
- sync feeds across ios, mac, and android apps
- self-host an rss reader with docker

## When to choose
- you want the hosted Feedbin service's source code or to contribute to it
- you need an RSS reader with a REST API for third-party clients
- you want feed reading combined with newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube
- you are willing to invest time configuring a complex multi-service stack

## When to avoid
- you want a simple self-hosted RSS reader - the maintainer recommends yarr, Tiny Tiny RSS, or FreshRSS instead
- you need a lightweight single-binary solution
- you cannot run Postgres, Redis, and Elasticsearch alongside the Rails app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, search-engine, http-server, api-framework
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools, media
- platform: ruby
- tags: rss-reader, feed-aggregator, ruby-on-rails, podcasts, newsletters, youtube, full-text-extraction, rest-api, linux, macos, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- feedbin/feedbin (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.320230+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:27:47.459999+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.320230+00:00, sha a460027d300e)
  - homepage: https://feedbin.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:28.176372+00:00, sha 5e3adba45a32)
  - site_page: https://feedbin.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:28.188492+00:00, sha f9c7f3cb465d)
  - site_page: https://feedbin.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:28.186638+00:00, sha 75af293eb0db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.