Miniflux
Minimalist news reader.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 63% of tracked projects; popularity more than 78%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 9.7k |
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| Latest release | 2.3.3 · 24 Jul 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Go, deb, Docker |
Is Miniflux actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 497 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 102 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 51% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 2.3.3, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 26 projects we track in Feed Readers, Miniflux ranks #7 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Miniflux actually does
Miniflux is a minimalist news reader designed to aggregate web feeds in a clean interface. It allows you to subscribe to RSS and Atom sources and consume updates without unnecessary clutter or tracking.
Best fit: It suits self-hosters who want a lightweight, distraction-free reading environment running on their own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: Being a minimalist application, it lacks advanced content-curation workflows or complex social sharing features found in heavier alternatives.
Deployment notes
You will typically deploy this via Docker or the provided deb package, ensuring you configure a persistent database backend and a reverse proxy for TLS termination.
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