# madelynnblue/goread

RSS reader in go on app engine; formerly goread.io

Repository: https://github.com/madelynnblue/goread
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goread
Language: JavaScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-01-16T22:54:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4920, "days_push": 1690, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2364, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.022846+00:00)

## What it is
Go Read is a Google Reader clone: a self-hostable RSS feed reader built in Go on Google App Engine with an AngularJS frontend. It lets users subscribe to, read, and manage RSS feeds from a web interface.

## Use cases
- self-host an RSS feed reader
- replace Google Reader with an open-source clone
- aggregate and read news feeds in a web UI
- deploy an RSS reader on Google App Engine
- track unread stories across subscribed feeds

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted Google Reader-style RSS reader
- you deploy on Google App Engine and prefer Go
- you want a proven web-based feed aggregator with a mature UI

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained RSS reader
- you can't use Python 2.7 and the legacy Go App Engine SDK
- you want a desktop or mobile-native feed client

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, http-server, web-scraping
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: rss-reader, google-reader-clone, angularjs, app-engine, feed-aggregator, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- madelynnblue/goread (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.022846+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 2026-08-30T02:36:01.598956+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/madelynnblue/goread (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.022846+00:00, sha 218a29071e84)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.