Miniflux

What is Miniflux?

Miniflux is a minimalist, opinionated feed reader, written in Go, that you host yourself. It pulls RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds into one fast, distraction-free timeline, ships as a single static binary backed by PostgreSQL, and is licensed under Apache-2.0. Its guiding idea is simple: the content is what matters, and everything else is noise.

What is Miniflux best for?

Miniflux fits people who want a quick, private, no-frills reading hub they run themselves and rarely have to touch. It’s a strong pick for self-hosters and keyboard-driven readers who value speed and simplicity over customization — it installs in minutes, sips resources, strips tracking, and exposes sync APIs so you can read from native mobile apps while your data stays on your own server.

What can Miniflux do?

• Aggregate RSS (1.0/2.0), Atom (0.3/1.0), and JSON feeds into one sorted timeline, organized by single-level categories
• Fetch full article content from summary-only feeds using custom scraper rules (CSS selectors)
• Filter entries with regex-based keep and block rules, plus rewrite rules to clean up messy content
• Strip tracking pixels and UTM parameters, block external JavaScript, and proxy media for privacy
• Sync to native mobile and desktop apps through the Google Reader and Fever APIs, plus a documented REST API with official Go and Python clients
• Push new entries to 25+ services including Discord, Telegram, Slack, Notion, Pinboard, and Wallabag
• Install as a PWA and navigate entirely by keyboard shortcuts or touch gestures, in 20+ languages
• Import and export subscriptions with OPML

Where does Miniflux fall short?

• PostgreSQL is required. Unlike FreshRSS, which can run off a single SQLite file, Miniflux only supports PostgreSQL — so even a one-person setup means running and maintaining a separate database server.
• Minimal by design — no tags, plugins, or theming ecosystem. You get single-level categories and a couple of built-in themes, but no per-article labels, no extension marketplace, and little UI customization. If you want a flexible, extensible reader, FreshRSS or Tiny Tiny RSS fit better.
• Filtering is regex-only, and there’s no discovery engine. Keep and block rules expect regular expressions rather than a friendly keyword UI, and like other readers Miniflux only reads feeds you already know — it won’t recommend new sources or monitor the web for topics.

Is Miniflux free?

Yes — Miniflux is free and open source under Apache-2.0, with every feature included and nothing gated behind a premium tier. Self-hosting costs only the server you run it on, and the single Go binary is light enough for the smallest VPS or a Raspberry Pi. If you’d rather not run it yourself, the project offers an official hosted version at miniflux.app for $15/year, with a 15-day free trial.

What does Miniflux replace?

Miniflux is a self-hosted alternative to Feedly and Inoreader, the popular cloud RSS readers. It covers the core job those services charge a subscription for — subscribing to feeds, organizing and reading them, and syncing to mobile — without the monthly fee or a profile built around what you read. It skips their AI recommendations and web-wide monitoring in favor of a cleaner, self-owned river of news. Among open source options it sits alongside FreshRSS and Tiny Tiny RSS, as the leaner, more opinionated one.

FAQ

Is Miniflux open source? Yes. Miniflux is licensed under Apache-2.0 and developed in the open on GitHub, written in Go. Every feature is included in the free software — there’s no paid edition or gated capability.

Can I self-host Miniflux for free? Yes. The software is free to download and run; your only cost is the server. It needs a PostgreSQL database, but the single binary is tiny and runs comfortably on a small VPS or a Raspberry Pi.

Is Miniflux a good Feedly alternative? For subscribing to, organizing, reading, and syncing feeds on your own infrastructure, yes — with no subscription and no data leaving your server. If you specifically want AI summaries, recommendations, or web-wide keyword monitoring, Feedly’s paid tiers still do more.

What do I need to run Miniflux? A server with a PostgreSQL database. Miniflux ships as a single static binary with no external dependencies, and an official Docker image is available for containerized deployments; it runs on minimal hardware.