Miniflux
Minimalist, self-hosted RSS feed reader written in Go.
Liked as a lightweight self-hosted RSS reader that reliably fetches full article text,123 and it plugs into Wallabag and custom scripts.45 It suits people who self-host on a VPS or Raspberry Pi678 and want to read feeds instead of algorithmic recommendations.910
Why people recommend it
Self-hosting · 3
Commenters run their own instance and name it a usual self-hosted pick.
“I love self hosting my own RSS feed with miniflux!”
“If you'd rather self-host, FreshRSS and Miniflux are the usual picks.”
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“subscribe with my own Miniflux instance”
Full-text fetching · 2
It reliably fetches full article text for feeds that only publish stubs.
“Miniflux which has an option to fetch the full article text and works very reliably.”
“those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features”
Algorithm-free reading · 2
Used to follow subscriptions, including YouTube channels, without recommendation algorithms.
“miniflux (RSS client, I am trying to get into a habit of reading RSS feeds instead of letting the algorithm to decide what I read)”
“I then simply moved all my subscriptions to miniflux and newsrafts”
Integrations · 2
It connects to Wallabag and feeds a scripted summarization pipeline.
“Miniflux which has an option to fetch the full article text and works very reliably.”
“those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features”
Lightweight · 1
Described as about as lightweight as it gets while keeping a pleasing interface.
“those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? 2 mentions
- HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN 1 mention
- Ask HN: What's a good RSS feed reader? 1 mention
- iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 1 mention
- I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone 1 mention
- I ♥ RSS – A directory of people who love RSS 1 mention
Data: miniflux.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“I then simply moved all my subscriptions to miniflux and newsrafts”
“If you'd rather self-host, FreshRSS and Miniflux are the usual picks.”
“miniflux (RSS client, I am trying to get into a habit of reading RSS feeds instead of letting the algorithm to decide what I read)”
“those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features”
“subscribe with my own Miniflux instance”
“Miniflux which has an option to fetch the full article text and works very reliably.”
“I love self hosting my own RSS feed with miniflux!”
“I use miniflux and like it.”