When comparing Tiny Tiny RSS vs Prismatic, the Slant community recommends Tiny Tiny RSS for most people. In the question“What are the best Feedly alternatives?” Tiny Tiny RSS is ranked 2nd while Prismatic is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Tiny Tiny RSS is:
The main way to customize Tiny Tiny RSS is via functionality plugins. Some come with the basic installation, but many additional ones are available from third parties. Users can also change the way information is shown, create themes or skins using CSS or download ones created by the community. All this is possible because Tiny Tiny RSS is open-source--anyone can create modifications for it and publicly share them. You just have to look out for possible bugs and security issues with user-made content.
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Pros
Pro Highly customizable via plugins
The main way to customize Tiny Tiny RSS is via functionality plugins. Some come with the basic installation, but many additional ones are available from third parties. Users can also change the way information is shown, create themes or skins using CSS or download ones created by the community. All this is possible because Tiny Tiny RSS is open-source--anyone can create modifications for it and publicly share them. You just have to look out for possible bugs and security issues with user-made content.
Pro Full control of the service
Since this reader is open-source and self-hosted, users can have full control of the service and its data when used on a private server. This means they don’t need to rely on a third party service that can be discontinued anytime. It also ensures the cost for using the reader will not increase and it protects user privacy by not giving up personal data.
Pro Multiple users per installation
One instance of Tiny Tiny RSS can be used by as many people as necessary.
Pro Organize by tags and labels
Browse and organize feeds and posts by tags and labels.
Pro Android client available
An Android app is available on the Google Play store.
Pro Integrates with a media center
Feeds can be viewed on a TV or dedicated media box.
Pro E-mail digest
Users can request an e-mail to be sent at a set interval with news posts.
Pro Gesture-based design and intuitive user experience
Prismatic is extremely fast to use and utilizes clever gestures to make it easy to navigate. Apple reportedly sent them a letter saying that it’s Engineers are looking into how they managed to build such a good app.
The app does not utilize tradition navigation bars in order to enable full screen browsing. This makes reading long form content or viewing images a fantastic experience on mobile.
Pro News feed optimization
Although Prismatic has a fantastic design, its biggest differentiator from the competition is its best-in-class algorithms that determine what goes into the news feed.
Prismatic uses G+, Twitter, and Facebook feeds to evaluate what the user is interested in. Sources and lists can then be edited to add or remove certain topics.
This app monitors usage and feedback in order to further evaluate user preferences and fetch the most desirable information.
Pro Excellent content discovery algorithm
Amazing algorithm for discovering new and meaningful content. Uses friend and user similarity and sharing to determine the relevancy of content.
Pro High compatibility
Prismatic is available on desktop, iOS, and Android.
Pro Utilizes user location
Prismatic uses current location in order to find local news. If this feature isn't wanted, it can be turned off.
Cons
Con Has to be set up manually, tech-savviness and patience required
Using Tiny Tiny RSS is not as simple as creating an account on another service. Merely completing the installation procedure will take at least a few hours.
Main requirements include a physical server or a web host supporting PHP and MySQL. The know-how’s also needed, but there are several guides online that explain all the steps quite well. Anyone familiar with computers, even not being an expert, who is willing to spend some hours reading and learning should be able to set up this software.
Con Doesn't exist anymore. ADMINS can you please take this down?
<looks up at sky> “TECH SUPPORT!!”
Con Formatting issues
Prismatic tries to reformat articles, and many times this is done unsuccessfully. Users commonly have to deal with overlapping text, missed captions, missing pictures, and other formatting errors.
Con Lacks a built-in RSS feed reader
The only option is as a curated aggregated feed. There is no provided way to supply ones own feeds via OPML for example.