JARR
JARR (Just Another RSS Reader) is a web-based news aggregator and reader (fork of Newspipe).
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 11% of tracked projects; popularity more than 8%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 129 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.0.2 · 25 Jul 2016 |
| Repo updated | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker, Python |
Is JARR actively maintained?
JARR logged 20 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The last tagged release, v1.0.2, is over 10 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
JARR ranks #24 of 26 tracked feed readers projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What JARR actually does
JARR is a web-based news aggregator and feed reader derived from Newspipe. It allows you to collect and read syndicated web content from multiple sources within a self-hosted interface.
Best fit: It suits users looking for a lightweight, alternative web reader that can be run independently using containerised infrastructure.
Worth knowing: The codebase has a very old latest tagged release from 2016, suggesting it may lack modern security updates and compatibility with current Python environments.
Deployment notes
As a Docker-based Python application, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
Alternatives to JARR
Projects in the same categories, ordered by health score.
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Easy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments.
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Easy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible with the Fever API (alternative to Google Reader).
Yarr (yet another rss reader) is a web-based feed aggregator which can be used both as a desktop application and a personal self-hosted server.