Miniflux

Minimalist self-hosted feed reader.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Deploy as a static Go binary, including the feed background updater. Also available through OS packages and a Docker image. Storage backed by Postgres. Minimalist, customizable UI for focused reading of RSS, Atom, JSON feeds. Plays videos and podcasts. Full text search. REST API with Go and Python clients.

Tradeoffs

Support for handling email newsletters would be great. Perhaps it could make Postgres optional by using SQLite instead?

Is Miniflux a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2024-11-14. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers who want a self-hosted feed reader with a customizable UI

Why consider it

It allows for focused reading of RSS, Atom, JSON feeds with a customizable UI

Keep in mind

It lacks support for handling email newsletters

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