RSS Monster vs RSSHub

Both are self-hosted feed readers projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

RSS Monster and RSSHub are closely matched on maintenance health (77 vs 81). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
RSS MonsterRSSHub
Health score 77/100 81/100
Commits (11 mo) 1054 2326
Commits (last 3 mo) 417 688
Stars 557 46k
Latest release 9 Sept 2026 none tagged
Licence MIT MIT
Built with PHP Nodejs, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

RSS Monster

Easy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible with the Fever API (alternative to Google Reader).

77/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 32/40
Releases 25/25
Community 5/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 80% of tracked projects; popularity more than 25%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 0 commits 2025-11: 17 commits 2025-12: 137 commits 2026-01: 228 commits 2026-02: 101 commits 2026-03: 18 commits 2026-04: 9 commits 2026-05: 127 commits 2026-06: 83 commits 2026-07: 156 commits 2026-08: 178 commits

RSSHub

Easy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments.

81/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 37/40
Releases 13/25
Community 19/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 91% of tracked projects; popularity more than 96%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 176 commits 2025-11: 163 commits 2025-12: 168 commits 2026-01: 186 commits 2026-02: 199 commits 2026-03: 253 commits 2026-04: 261 commits 2026-05: 232 commits 2026-06: 209 commits 2026-07: 280 commits 2026-08: 199 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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