Miniflux - Minimalist and Opinionated Feed Reader
Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader
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Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated self-hosted RSS/Atom/JSON Feed reader designed for users who prioritize speed, privacy, and simplicity.
🚀 Overview
Miniflux solves the common issues with bloated RSS readers like excessive features, tracking, ads, and poor performance by offering a lightweight, focused alternative that emphasizes readability and efficiency.
It's built for self-hosting enthusiasts, developers, sysadmins, and privacy-conscious individuals who want full control over their feeds without relying on cloud services.
Developed by Frédéric Guillot as a personal project to create the ideal feed reader, Miniflux strips away unnecessary complexity while delivering powerful core functionality and modern privacy protections.
✨ Key Features
- Full-text RSS with local Readability parser to extract complete articles from summary-only feeds (essential for clean reading experience)
- Privacy protections: removes pixel trackers, strips URL parameters, media proxy for no third-party tracking, no referrer/telemetry/ads
- Extensive integrations: 25+ services (Wallabag, Pinboard, Telegram, Discord, etc.), REST API, Fever/Google Reader API compatibility
- Customization and UX: keyboard shortcuts, touch gestures, multiple themes (light/dark/system), custom CSS/JS, full-text search
- Advanced: custom scrapers/rewriting rules, YouTube/Invidious support, OPML import/export, multilingual (20+ languages)
🛠 Tech Stack
- Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript, responsive HTML/CSS with embedded static files
- Backend: Go (minimal dependencies, no ORM/frameworks)
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Auth: Local username/password, Passkeys (WebAuthn), Google OAuth2, generic OpenID Connect, reverse-proxy
- Hosting: Self-hosted (Docker images, static binaries, Debian/RPM packages), systemd support, Let's Encrypt HTTPS
👥 Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Self-hosting enthusiasts running Docker or VPS setups
- Developers and power users needing customizable, API-driven feed management
- Privacy advocates seeking tracker-free RSS reading without SaaS dependencies
📸 Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: No public demo (designed for self-hosting)
- GitHub: https://github.com/miniflux/v2
🔥 Project Status
- 🟢 Actively building
Last updated: 2026-03-24
❓ FAQ
Is this project free?
Yes / Open Source (Self-hosted, no costs beyond your server; donations appreciated via Liberapay or PayPal.)
Is the source code available?
Yes — https://github.com/miniflux/v2
Can I contribute?
Yes — Check CONTRIBUTING.md, report issues, or submit PRs on GitHub. Development docs: https://miniflux.app/docs/development.html. Community contributions welcome (283+ contributors).
📬 Contact & Links
- Website: https://miniflux.app
- GitHub: https://github.com/miniflux/v2
- Twitter/X: N/A
- Email: N/A (use GitHub issues or donations page)
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