Since Google announced its intention on ending the life of its web-based RSS reader, most of the people who have been using it for a long time have been scrambling to look for a good alternative. If you’re one of those people then you might want to check today’s featured script called selfoss 2.4.

Developed by Tobias Zeising, selfoss is great for those who are wary about trusting another web service with their feeds again. It is a PHP-based RSS reader designed to work with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. It is also self-hosted, meaning that it allows users to host the service themselves, thus giving them complete control with how the feeds get displayed, personal data, etc.

Some of its key features include:

• Integrated with streaming services like Twitter, DeviantART, and Tumblr

• Extendable via plugins

• Import feeds in OPML format

• Readability service integration

• Lightweight in size

• Keyboard shortcuts

You can also find it on GitHub where you are free to fork it as you wish.

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