# Tiny Tiny RSS

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Tiny Tiny RSS and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free self-hosted RSS reader that works on desktop and phone, with a well-liked Android app. One critic reports major problems with the web interface on computers.

## Why people recommend it

- Works on computer and phone (2 comments): "I like being able to use a web-app based reader (Tiny Tiny RSS) both on my work computer and my phone for RSS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810987)) "the web app is not very good, and each time I wanted to read articles on my computer from the web interface, I encountered huge issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374894))
- Self-hosting runs with few issues (2 comments): "I self-host it and have done so for almost a decade with very few issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375040)) "Self host tt-rss, it's much better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918816))
- Praised as one of the best RSS apps (2 comments): "the web app is not very good, and each time I wanted to read articles on my computer from the web interface, I encountered huge issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374894)) "now on github without Fox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372182))
- Long-term daily use for years (2 comments): "I self-host it and have done so for almost a decade with very few issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375040)) "I've been using TT-RSS for about a decade now. Love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47797411))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetNewsWire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netnewswire.md): 79 recommend
- [Miniflux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/miniflux.md): 27 recommend
- [FreshRSS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freshrss.md): 26 recommend
- [Inoreader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inoreader.md): 20 recommend
- [Newsboat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newsboat.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tiny Tiny RSS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiny-tiny-rss/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).