# samuelclay/NewsBlur

NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument.

Repository: https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/newsblur
Homepage: http://www.newsblur.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rss-reader, ios, android, mongodb, postgresql, redis, elasticsearch, python, rss, feed-reader
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:43:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6449, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 13, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7597, forks 1051 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:01.907055+00:00)

## What it is
NewsBlur is an open-source personal RSS feed reader and social news network with intelligence training, full-text search, story archiving, and native iOS/Android apps. It can be used for free on newsblur.com or self-hosted from this Python-based repository.

## Use cases
- read and organize RSS feeds with a self-hosted news reader
- train a feed reader to highlight stories I like and hide ones I don't
- follow websites that don't publish RSS feeds
- read email newsletters inside my RSS reader
- search across all my subscribed stories with full-text search
- share stories with friends on a public blurblog
- connect AI agents to my feeds via an MCP server

## When to choose
- you want a Google Reader successor with social sharing and training filters
- you need a self-hosted feed reader with native mobile apps
- you want to follow non-RSS pages, newsletters, and YouTube channels in one place
- you need permanent story archiving with full-text search

## When to avoid
- you want a lightweight single-user RSS reader with minimal infrastructure
- you can't run MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch for self-hosting
- you only need a simple CLI or scriptable feed fetcher

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, web-scraping, nlp, mcp
- domain: self-hosted, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: rss-reader, feed-reader, news-aggregator, intelligence-training, blurblog, elasticsearch, mongodb, redis, postgresql, social-news, natural-language-processing, web-server, ios, android, docker

## Member repositories
- samuelclay/NewsBlur (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:01.907055+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 2026-08-29T17:36:52.006125+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:01.907055+00:00, sha 38f3f8de1d0d)
  - homepage: http://www.newsblur.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.194909+00:00, sha fdfd7202381e)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.204884+00:00, sha 21c9468b8c72)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/intelligence-training (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.206989+00:00, sha 6a9b8388ddec)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/ask-ai (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.208644+00:00, sha a2e8bba1488c)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/web-feeds (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.210422+00:00, sha 46f3d69896c7)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/newsletters (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.212992+00:00, sha a8dec088a427)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/search (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.215061+00:00, sha fce81ad7d3d4)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/archive (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.216749+00:00, sha 5a1584027f76)
  - site_page: https://www.newsblur.com/features/saved-stories (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:42.218314+00:00, sha 2ca502a1d573)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.