Miniflux: self-hosted Rss Reader

Why people self-host Miniflux

Miniflux favors speed, readability, and simple operations. It is ideal for people who want a feed reader that stays out of the way and is easy to keep updated.

The tradeoff is fewer knobs and a deliberately compact interface. Use it when minimalism and reliable article parsing beat heavy customization.

What Miniflux does well

A plain, fast reading interface with keyboard shortcuts for everything.
Fetches the full article for feeds that only publish summaries, and strips tracking pixels.
Fever and Google Reader compatible APIs plus its own REST API for third-party apps.
Sends saved articles to Wallabag, Linkding, Pinboard, and other services.

Who Miniflux is for

Miniflux is a minimalist self-hosted RSS reader for people who want to read feeds and nothing else. No recommendations, no themes marketplace, no plugins. It is a favorite among people who run it for years without touching it. If you like to customize your reader heavily, FreshRSS is the better match.

Deployment notes

Miniflux is listed with support signals for linux, docker. Check the upstream documentation before exposing it to the internet, review authentication defaults, and keep backups outside the primary host.

Miniflux is a single Go binary that needs PostgreSQL and nothing more. There is no SQLite option. It uses a few tens of megabytes of memory and can run migrations and create the admin user from environment variables on first start. Feed polling is built in, so no cron job is needed. Back up the Postgres database. Updates are normally a matter of swapping the binary or image.

Common questions about Miniflux

Which apps work with Miniflux?

Anything that speaks the Fever or Google Reader API, including Reeder, NetNewsWire, and Read You. The web interface also installs as a PWA and works well on a phone.

Miniflux or FreshRSS?

Miniflux if you value simplicity and already run Postgres. FreshRSS if you want extensions, themes, SQLite support, or scraping for sites without feeds.