Fusion
A small, no-frills self-hosted RSS reader for people who just want their feeds, without AI summaries or a heavy setup.
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Description
Some RSS readers have quietly turned into AI products — auto-summarizing every article, recommending content, tracking engagement. Fusion goes the opposite direction: it's a minimal, self-hosted feed reader that does exactly one thing, reading your RSS and Atom feeds, and nothing else.
Fusion is a lightweight, single-binary RSS reader written in Go, built for self-hosting. It parses RSS and Atom feeds with auto-discovery, tracks unread items and bookmarks, supports full-text search, and works as an installable Progressive Web App on mobile. Its standout feature is Fever API compatibility, which means it plugs into existing third-party RSS client apps like Reeder, Unread, and FeedMe rather than requiring its own dedicated app. It's translated into 8 languages and, by design, deliberately excludes AI features to stay lightweight and predictable.
💬 Our review
The short version: Fusion is a good pick if FreshRSS feels like more software than you need — it's the minimalist option for someone who just wants a fast, self-hosted place to read feeds and doesn't care about AI summaries or a plugin ecosystem.
The Fever API compatibility is the smart design choice here: instead of building its own polished mobile app, it lets you use established, well-reviewed RSS clients you may already own. Combined with a single Go binary and a small resource footprint, it's an easy add to an existing homelab.
The honest gaps: it's a much younger, smaller project than FreshRSS or Miniflux (2.2k stars vs. FreshRSS's 15.8k), so the plugin/extension ecosystem is thin, and there's no built-in web scraping for feed-less sites. For a lean, self-hosted feed reader paired with a client you already like, it's a solid choice; for maximum features and a bigger community, FreshRSS remains the safer default.
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Entièrement gratuit et open-source (MIT) ; nécessite votre propre hébergement.
Pros
Très léger, binaire Go unique
Compatible API Fever (clients tiers Reeder, Unread, FeedMe...)
Support PWA installable sur mobile
Volontairement sans fonctionnalités IA — rapide et prévisible
Cons
Écosystème/communauté encore petit comparé à FreshRSS
Pas de web scraping intégré pour les sites sans flux
Nécessite de gérer son propre hébergement