Tiny Tiny RSS is an open source web-based RSS reader that you can install on a server and then access it from multiple computers/devices. Since it's self-hosted, you're in control of your data and don't have to worry that the service may be discontinued, like it happened with Google Reader (and almost happened with The Old Reader).

A while back we wrote about installing and configuring Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu, a Google Reader (which will be closing in July) alternative that you can host on your computer / server, but the version available in the Ubuntu repositories is pretty old, so I've uploaded the latest Tiny Tiny RSS version to a PPA, which should make it a lot easier to install in Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04 and 12.04.

At the time I'm writing this article, our PPA has Tiny Tiny RSS version 1.7.9. Update: the PPA is constantly updated, so now it provides Tiny Tiny RSS 1.14.

Since version 1.6.2, there have been many changes, like interface and typography improvements, error logging, new plugin system that includes plugins such as importing starred/shared.json files from Google Reader takeout or emulate Google Reader keyboard shortcuts and others, improved feed update speed, implemented basic password recovery and many other new features, tweaks and bug fixes.

Tiny Tiny RSS is a web-based, PHP and Ajax news feed (RSS/Atom) reader, designed to allow you to read news from any location which resembles somewhat to Google Reader but it's much more customizable. You can choose to either install it on your own computer (it requires PHP, MySQL, etc), on a server, or use some already set up Tiny Tiny RSS servers. Read on!