Self-hosted RSS reader for web?

[wesmills]

Does anybody know of a good RSS reader that I can host myself (standard LAMP stack available, except the "L" is "FreeBSD")? I'm not particularly thrilled with the desktop RSS readers--except for Firefox itself, but it doesn't handle image-based feeds well--and I have no interest in going the Google Reader route. Searching for "self-host RSS

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[inahandbasket]

start here: http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-reader-linux.htm

[wesmills]

Thanks. That's a handy link, I'm looking through it now. To clarify, I'm looking for something that's like Google Reader but that I can host on my own server. Maybe this site has links.

[inahandbasket]

I see what you're getting at and I'm doing my damnedest to avoid being snarky at you. ^_^

Try all the desktop readers first unless you have some good reason to avoid them.

If your issue with Google is a privacy thing, think deeply on how much you really stand to lose if your web browsing habits become google-knowledge. They've made a very nice RSS reader that you can access from anywhere. Many other companies out there host similar services. There are lots of simpler options than hosting your own.

[wesmills]

No problem on the snark bit. As for "why on Earth are you trying to reinvent the wheel?" Having used Google Reader, I wasn't too thrilled, and there's other, financial shall we say, considerations. I'd rather not use a desktop client as I like having the feeds available wherever, whenever.

Plus, rolling or hosting my own is a lot more geeky... I have a colo server, why not use it? :) I thought I'd ask around first to see if anyone else has a platform, or, in the absence, just do it myself.

[wesmills]

That ... is perfect. Thank you! If it does half what the project page claims, I should be well-satisifed.

[luno]

Perhaps it's swatting a fly with a Buick, but I like http://www.drupal.org/

[wesmills]

This, too, looks very useful and perhaps more customizable than Gregarius. Thanks for the link!

(In addition, your icon is awesome. Have you seen A Matter of Loaf and Death?)

[ostraya]

If you're just looking for an aggregator, http://www.planetplanet.org/ might work too. It's really just an aggregator and not full of other related features, but sometimes "do one thing and do it well" is what you want. :)