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CommaFeed

Google Reader inspired self-hosted RSS reader

Alternative to: feedly, inoreader, newsblur


About Versions (67)

7.1.0

2026-04-15

Adds a mobile header unread count, improves feed refresh performance, and introduces a configurable shutdown timeout.

7.0.0

2026-02-21

Introduced a visual query builder using Common Expression Language, added per-feed notification and auto-read settings, and updated local address blocking defaults.

6.2.0

2026-02-09

Starred entries are now kept indefinitely by default, with a new configuration setting to restore the previous cleanup behavior.

6.1.1

2026-01-26

Fixed an issue where old starred entries marked as read failed to load.

6.1.0

2026-01-25

Updated password reset flow to allow user-defined passwords, implemented browser language preference, and refined profile menu and pull-to-refresh behaviors.

6.0.0

2026-01-10

Introduces a setup wizard for admin accounts, simplifies password and email requirements, and upgrades the minimum Java version to 25.

5.12.1

2025-12-31

Updated the favicon for better clarity and added support for the Fever API in the ReadKit iOS app.

5.12.0

2025-11-20

This update improves feed parsing, fixes emoji display and context menu logic, enhances admin password validation, and updates the Docker native image process name.

5.11.1

2025-09-22

Removed the 3-character search limit and fixed a bug causing feed filtering expressions to be incorrectly converted to lowercase.

5.11.0

2025-08-06

Added an option to navigate to the next unread category when marking entries as read and removed Google Analytics support.

5.10.0

2025-05-28

This update adds new entry indicators for feeds, fixes URL casing handling, adds Raspberry Pi 5 support, and improves UI performance.

5.9.0

2025-05-14

Added numerous CSS classes to elements for easier custom styling and extended the caching duration for static resources.

5.8.0

2025-05-06

Added a color picker for accent colors, a font size slider for feed entries, language auto-detection, and improved scrolling behavior and keyboard shortcut settings.

5.7.0

2025-04-04

Added new navigation keyboard shortcuts, improved feed header handling, restored gzip compression, and fixed various UI bugs.

5.6.1

2025-02-23

Restored iframe support for feed entries and added a package for Arch Linux.

5.6.0

2025-02-16

5.5.0

2025-02-09

5.4.0

2025-01-17

Added arm64 support for native executables and Docker images, and fixed a feed issue involving invalid DOCTYPES.

5.3.6

2024-12-02

The update ensures that invalid Cache-Control header values are ignored.

5.3.5

2024-12-02

This release fixes image aspect ratio issues, implements Cache-Control header support for feeds, and adds compilation support for JDK 23+

5.3.4

2024-10-23

Added support for Internationalized Domain Names.

5.3.3

2024-10-21

Removed bottom margins from images.

5.3.2

2024-10-21

Fixed a bug that prevented some images from rendering correctly.

5.3.1

2024-10-04

Fixed a bug where certain HTTP feeds could return a 400 error.

5.3.0

2024-09-24

Added a cooldown setting for the feed fetch action and fixed an issue with the next header button loading entries.

5.2.0

2024-09-18

Improved scrolling options, added HTTP client caching, optimized feed refresh logic, and fixed keyboard navigation loading issues.

5.1.1

2024-09-06

Fixed a database migration issue for MariaDB upgrades and resolved a UI bug where empty feeds remained visible in the tree.

5.1.0

2024-09-02

This update introduces a tab title unread count setting, resolves a system startup issue, implements cache busting for the webapp, and reduces database cleanup logging.

5.0.2

2024-08-20

Fixed favicon fetching issues for YouTube channels in native mode and resolved related logging errors.

5.0.1

2024-08-19

Native compilation now supports older CPU architectures.

5.0.0

2024-08-18

CommaFeed migrated from Dropwizard to Quarkus, introducing native binary support, a new configuration system, and the removal of Redis cache.

4.6.0

2024-07-15

Updated the Docker image to use OpenJ9 JVM for reduced memory usage and fixed issues with entry updates and keyword search visibility.

4.5.0

2024-07-06

This release improves entry retrieval performance, fixes several database and notification bugs, and removes support for Microsoft SQL Server and the onlyIds REST parameter.

4.4.1

2024-06-15

This update fixes Safari scrolling, updates default button settings, improves macOS keyboard shortcut labels, optimizes feed fetching, and upgrades the Docker image to Java 21.

4.4.0

2024-04-15

Introduced browser native sharing, new entry header buttons for starring and opening links, OPML extension support, and refined 'mark as read' visibility.

4.3.3

2024-03-05

Fixed an issue with OPML imports.

4.3.2

2024-03-04

Added support for unix sockets.

4.3.1

2024-02-12

Fixed a feed addition issue with non-UTC MySQL/MariaDB databases and capped video enclosure widths to the page size.

4.3.0

2024-02-09

Upgrades h2 database to 2.2.224 with automatic conversion, adds a scroll disable setting, introduces a view mode CSS class, and fixes MySQL/MariaDB feed addition issues.

4.2.1

2024-01-26

Fixed an issue where websocket notifications caused incorrect unread counts in the tree by properly ignoring entries marked as read by filtering expressions.

4.2.0

2024-01-22

This update introduces mobile footer action buttons, optimizes websocket notifications to reduce API calls, adds a Fever API workaround for iOS, and fixes a timezone-related date saving bug.

4.1.0

2024-01-12

This update introduces mobile sidebar swiping, hierarchical categories, a new database cleanup setting, and various bug fixes and UI improvements.

4.0.0

2024-01-02

Updated to Dropwizard 4 and Java 17, improved feed engine performance, added system color scheme, and updated the UI library to Mantine 7.0.

3.10.1

2023-12-08

This release introduces Java 21 support, optimizes Docker memory usage, improves mobile battery life via websocket tweaks, and updates UI and subscription count behavior.

3.10.0

2023-09-06

Added Fever API compatibility, keyboard shortcuts for starring, and database-backed session storage, alongside UI improvements and Docker config fixes.

3.9.0

2023-08-17

This release improves mobile performance, adds several UI settings, restores the announcement feature, and adds support for MariaDB 11+

3.8.1

2023-07-04

Improved content cleanup performance for large feed counts and disabled scrolling when clicking entry bodies in expanded mode.

3.8.0

2023-06-28

Improved scrolling performance and layout, added toolbar navigation buttons, enhanced selection behavior, and introduced a rich text editor for settings.

3.7.0

2023-06-20

This update introduces a resizable sidebar, new keyboard shortcuts, search engine indexing controls, and improvements to the browser extension and feed refresh logic.

3.6.0

2023-06-08

Added browser extension controls, improved link behavior in expanded mode, added tooltips, and fixed unread count updates with redis cache.

3.5.0

2023-06-01

This update introduces CommaFeed extension compatibility, mobile scrolling improvements, expanded CSS classes, public API documentation, and new user settings for feed limits and password policies.

3.4.0

2023-05-26

This release adds arm64 Docker support, a donate page, UI improvements, bundle size reduction, and a feed refresh performance fix.

3.3.2

2023-05-20

Restored entry selection indicators, added visual dividers to detail pages, and reduced JS bundle size by 10%.

3.3.1

2023-05-10

Fixed an issue where long feed names were not properly shortened to fit the tree maximum width.

3.3.0

2023-05-10

Added support for custom CSS and JS, with database changes that prevent rolling back to version 2.x.

3.2.0

2023-05-05

Restores the welcome page, updates UI effects and notification placement, enforces HTTPS for sharing, adds Redis ACL support, and migrates to Google Analytics v4.

3.1.0

2023-05-01

Introduces a more compact layout, restores hover effects, enables per-device view mode storage, fixes a session association error, and refactors feed fetching with rxjava.

3.0.1

2023-04-25

Added support for environment variable substitution in config.yml and the ability to override configuration properties using CF_ prefixed environment variables.

3.0.0

2023-04-25

The UI has been completely reworked both visually and technically.

3.0.0-rc2

2023-02-28

CommaFeed 3.0.0 RC2 introduces a complete visual and technical rework of the user interface.

3.0.0-rc1

2022-11-01

CommaFeed 3.0.0 RC1 introduces a complete visual and technical rework of the user interface.

2.6.0

2022-08-08

Version 2.6.0 introduces MariaDB and Java 17 support, adds media content backups, fixes several bugs, and removes support for Google+, Readability, and OpenShift.

2.5.0

2020-09-02

This update introduces favicon badges for unread counts, configurable bot user agents, improved feed parsing, Java 9+ support, and empty PostgreSQL database startup.

2.5.0-beta1

2017-10-12

2.4.0

2017-08-01

Fixed account management, API key generation, and Facebook sharing, while adding alphabetical sorting for feed entries and various layout and security improvements.

2.3.0

2016-03-02

Upgraded Dropwizard to 0.9.1, improved feed enclosure visibility, fixed YouTube favicons, and applied various internationalization fixes.

2.2.0

2015-06-19

Updated favicon fetching for YouTube and Instagram, fixed a drag-and-drop filter bug, added category displays, and upgraded dependencies.