Miniflux V2 by miniflux
Minimalist and opinionated feed reader
About Miniflux V2
From the project's README at github.com/miniflux/v2. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader. It's simple, fast, lightweight and super easy to install.
Feed Reader Supported feed formats: Atom 0.3/1.0, RSS 1.0/2.0, and JSON Feed 1.0/1.1. OPML file import/export and URL import. Supports multiple attachments (podcasts, videos, music, and images enclosures). Plays videos from YouTube directly inside Miniflux. Organizes articles using categories and bookmarks. Share individual articles publicly. Fetches website icons (favicons). Saves articles to third-party services. Provides full-text search (powered by Postgres). Available in 20 languages: Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, English (US), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Taiwanese POJ, Ukrainian, Spanish, and Turkish. Privacy and Security Removes pixel trackers. Strips tracking parameters from URLs (e.g., , , , , etc.). Retrieves original links when feeds are sourced from FeedBurner. Opens external links with attributes for improved security. Implements the HTTP header to prevent referrer leakage. Provides a media proxy to avoid tracking and resolve mixed content warnings when
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 9.2k | github.com/miniflux/v2 |
| GitHub forks | 870 | github.com/miniflux/v2 |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 8.5 years | since Nov 2017 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 78 | last: 1 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
CVE-2026-21885. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Miniflux V2?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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