Miniflux

Miniflux is a minimalist, opinionated feed reader for RSS and Atom feeds. It focuses on speed, privacy, and a distraction-free reading experience. The project is open-source and built to be self-hosted for personal use or small teams.

Key Features

• Supported feed formats: Atom 0.3/1.0, RSS 1.0/2.0, and JSON Feed 1.0/1.1
• OPML import/export and URL import
• Supports multiple attachments (podcasts, videos, music, and images)
• Plays YouTube videos directly inside Miniflux
• Organizes articles with categories and bookmarks
• Public sharing of individual articles
• Fetches favicons for feeds
• Saves articles to third-party services
• Full-text search powered by PostgreSQL
• Available in 20 languages
• Privacy and security: removes trackers, strips tracking parameters, uses media proxy, and privacy-friendly YouTube playback
• REST API and Fever/Google Reader API compatibility
• Docker image and official packages; single binary; written in Go

Use Cases

• Self-hosted personal RSS reader with private search and organization
• Reading and sharing articles publicly from your feeds
• Integrations with external apps via REST API or Fever/Google Reader compatibility

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires PostgreSQL; does not use an ORM
• No official mobile app; mobile usage relies on the responsive web UI
• Design is intentionally minimalist, which may lack feature breadth of heavier readers

Conclusion Miniflux provides a fast, privacy-first RSS reader with API access and a lean Go-based backend. It’s a solid choice for users who want a lightweight, open-source solution with strong privacy controls and self-hosting flexibility.