Comparison

Tiny Tiny RSS vs Funky Penguin

Tiny Tiny RSS lands on Skip, and Funky Penguin lands on Depends.

Tiny Tiny RSS

Skip

Confidence: High

Tiny Tiny RSS was a capable free self-hosted feed reader, but its developer ended the project entirely on November 1, 2025.

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Funky Penguin

funkypenguin.co.nz

Depends

Confidence: Medium

This is one certified consultant's blog and community, not purchasable software . self-hosters get free, credible Docker/Kubernetes guides.

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Tiny Tiny RSS versus Funky Penguin
Compare	Tiny Tiny RSS	Funky Penguin
Verdict	Skip	Depends
Best for	Self-hosting hobbyists with legacy installs	Self-hosters running Docker/Kubernetes
Who it's not for	Anyone starting fresh . the project is dead	Teams needing supported, SLA-backed tooling . this is one person's blog
Privacy	Six CVEs on record; development ended November 2025, so future fixes are unlikely.	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁶
Support quality	Prickly developer; project now ended	No support offering found
Public sentiment	Users long praised its flexibility, but the community is now leaving for FreshRSS after the November 2025 shutdown.¹⁰	Redditors describe a friendly self-hosting community built around the author's homelab and guides.¹³
Biggest gotcha	No updates or security patches after the November 2025 shutdown; unmaintained software decays fast^⁵	Own /security page shows 'no security page found' . expect no vendor security docs.¹⁶

Pick Tiny Tiny RSS when

Self-hosting hobbyists with legacy installs
DIY crowd wanting full feed control
Multi-user feed sharing on your own server

When Tiny Tiny RSS is not a fit

Anyone starting fresh . the project is dead
Non-technical users who won't run a server
Teams needing updates, patches, or vendor support
People wanting a zero-maintenance hosted reader

Pick Funky Penguin when

Self-hosters running Docker/Kubernetes
Homelab builders
Traefik auth-layer explorers

When Funky Penguin is not a fit

Teams needing supported, SLA-backed tooling . this is one person's blog
Buyers wanting pricing, support desk, or roadmap . none exists
Compliance-driven orgs needing vendor security documentation
Guess: anyone needing guaranteed-current, maintained tutorials

Sources

Tiny Tiny RSS . official sitett-rss.org
official
Tiny Tiny RSS on GitHubgithub.com
official
Tiny Tiny RSS Review . PCMagpcmag.com
review
Tiny Tiny RSS to shut down as developer ends projectalternativeto.net
news
Tiny Tiny RSS shuts down on November 1 . PPC Landppc.land
news
Self-Host Weekly . selfh.stselfh.st
news
The Prickly Developer Who Built a Self-Hosted Gemselfh.st
review
Tiny Tiny RSS CVEs . OpenCVEapp.opencve.io
security
CVE-2020-25787 . NVDnvd.nist.gov
security
FreshRSS vs. Tiny Tiny RSS vs. selfoss . Redditreddit.com
review
Funky Penguin homepagefunkypenguin.co.nz
official
Sponsor @funkypenguin on GitHub Sponsorsgithub.com
official
r/funkypenguin subredditreddit.com
review
The Funky Penguin (garage) Datacenter . r/homelabreddit.com
review
Geek Cookbook community pagegeek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz
official
Funky Penguin security pagefunkypenguin.co.nz
security