I built a tiny-VPS friendly RSS aggregator and reader
Hi, folks. As an RSS user, I tried Inoreader and Feedly, then ended up self-hosting a Miniflux instance on my homelab. A few months ago, I moved to another city and had to shut down my homelab for a long time, so I couldn't access my local miniflux. It was quite inconvenient. I decided to self-host my RSS aggregator on a tiny VPS or PaaS such as fly.io. However, Miniflux requires a PostgreSQL database, which may isn't suitable for a tiny VPS instance. So I built fusion with Golang and SQLite. It contains basic features such as Group, Bookmark, Search, Automatically feeds sniffing,…
I built a tiny-VPS friendly RSS aggregator and reader launched on May 30, 2024 with 187 votes, #279 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Fusion is a lightweight RSS aggregator and reader built with Golang and SQLite, designed to run efficiently on small VPS instances and low-resource environments. It offers core RSS features including feed grouping, bookmarks, search functionality, automatic feed detection, and OPML import/export. The application uses minimal memory and CPU, making it suitable for users seeking to self-host their RSS reader on constrained infrastructure without requiring a PostgreSQL database.
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From the sources
A lightweight, self-hosted friendly RSS aggregator and reader.
A lightweight, self-hosted friendly RSS reader. Contribute to 0x2E/fusion development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi, folks. As an RSS user, I tried Inoreader and Feedly, then ended up self-hosting a Miniflux instance on my homelab. A few months ago, I moved to another city and had to shut down my homelab for a long time, so I couldn't access my local miniflux. It was quite inconvenient. I decided to self-host my RSS aggregator…
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