# Miniflux

27 Hacker News commenters recommended Miniflux and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 0.1 years (5 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Lightweight, self-hosted RSS reader that is easy to run and keeps read status in sync across devices.

## Why people recommend it

- Lightweight with good interface (2 comments): "Mostly because those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50020170)) "A fraction of the resource consumption and a better overall experience IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166475))
- Easy to run and set up (2 comments): "it is easy to run and keeps a centralized status if you have multiple devices" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370108)) "easy setup & good documentation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497392))
- Read status syncs across devices (2 comments): "it is easy to run and keeps a centralized status if you have multiple devices" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370108)) "The read status syncs between devices and clients." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308762))
- Works well with YouTube feeds (2 comments): "It beats having to go through the "Subscripitons" page every day on the horrible YouTube UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034305)) "have no issues discovering YouTube feeds based on the channel URL" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035249))

## What people warn about

- Dislikes the web frontend (1 comments): "I don't like the miniflux frontend" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320328))
- Something feels missing (1 comments): "all great projects, but something was always missing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734687))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetNewsWire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netnewswire.md): 79 recommend
- [FreshRSS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freshrss.md): 26 recommend
- [Inoreader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inoreader.md): 20 recommend
- [Newsboat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newsboat.md): 12 recommend
- [Reeder Classic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reeder.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Miniflux", https://hackerapproved.com/p/miniflux/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).