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Overview

FreshRSS, the self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator and reader, preinstalled and running behind nginx and php-fpm, ready to subscribe to feeds and read them in your browser within minutes of launch. Feeds and articles are stored in a self-contained SQLite database - no separate database server to run. A unique admin password is generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.

Description

## FreshRSS by cloudimg

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator that lets you follow news sites, blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels and any other source that publishes a feed, and read everything in one fast, clean web interface that you own and control. This Amazon Machine Image delivers FreshRSS fully installed and running behind an nginx web server with php-fpm, so a working feed reader is serving within minutes of launch.

## Application Stack

FreshRSS runs as a PHP application: nginx answers on port 80 and passes requests to php-fpm over a local socket, and FreshRSS reads and writes its content directly on a dedicated data disk. It uses a self-contained SQLite database, so there is no separate database server to install, tune or back up. All of the reader's state - configuration, the feed database, the article and favicon cache and extension data - lives on its own independently resizable data volume kept separate from the operating system disk. systemd starts nginx and php-fpm on boot and restarts them on failure.

## Read Your Feeds

Subscribe to any RSS or Atom feed, organise subscriptions into categories, and read new articles in a list, expanded or reading view with keyboard shortcuts, starring, filtering and full-text search. Import and export your subscriptions as OPML, apply per-feed refresh and retention rules, and use the built-in themes to tune the reading experience.

## Read Anywhere

FreshRSS exposes Google Reader and Fever compatible APIs, so you can read and sync your feeds from popular mobile and desktop reader apps as well as the browser. Anonymous read-only access can be enabled for a public feed dashboard, and multi-user support lets several people keep separate accounts on one instance.

## Secure First Boot

On the first boot of every instance a one shot service generates a fresh administrator password unique to that instance, creates the FreshRSS admin account, and writes the password to a root only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.

## cloudimg Support

cloudimg provides 24/7 technical support for this image, covering deployment, feed and category organisation, OPML import and export, API and mobile-app setup, extension selection, storage and retention tuning, backup and upgrade planning.

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Key Features

  • FreshRSS self-hosted RSS and Atom feed reader preinstalled and running behind nginx with php-fpm, storing feeds and articles in a self-contained SQLite database with no separate database server to operate
  • Subscribe to feeds and read them in the browser with categories, keyboard shortcuts, starring, full-text search, OPML import and export and a large extension ecosystem, plus Google Reader and Fever compatible APIs for mobile and desktop reader apps
  • Hardened first boot generates a fresh admin password for every instance and stores it in a file only the root user can read, with the reader data on a dedicated data disk and 24/7 cloudimg support

Related Technologies

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Product Details

Category
Application Stacks
Support
24/7, 365 days/year
Platform
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Last Updated
2026-07-08