Miniflux
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 15 RSS readers by recommenders
Lightweight, self-hosted RSS reader that is easy to run and keeps read status in sync across devices.
Lightweight, self-hosted RSS reader that is easy to run and keeps read status in sync across devices.
27 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 27
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 1 month
Median of the 5 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 27 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lightweight with good interface
“Mostly because those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?” “A fraction of the resource consumption and a better overall experience IMO.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “NixOS is making me less afraid” Easy to run and set up
“it is easy to run and keeps a centralized status if you have multiple devices”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Using Thunderbird for RSS” “easy setup & good documentation”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Migrating to the EU” Read status syncs across devices
“it is easy to run and keeps a centralized status if you have multiple devices”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Using Thunderbird for RSS” “The read status syncs between devices and clients.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “The Death of Social Media Is the Renaissance of RSS” Works well with YouTube feeds
“It beats having to go through the "Subscripitons" page every day on the horrible YouTube UI”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “YouTube, your RSS feeds are broken” “have no issues discovering YouTube feeds based on the channel URL”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “YouTube, your RSS feeds are broken”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Dislikes the web frontend
“I don't like the miniflux frontend”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN” Something feels missing
“all great projects, but something was always missing”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Maybe my own RSS Reader could be useful for you too”
Other RSS readers people recommend
The four most recommended other RSS readers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetNewsWire | 79 | 7 | 92% | 10 | 4 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| MinifluxThis page | 27 | 0 | 100% | 8 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| FreshRSS | 26 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Inoreader | 20 | 1 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Newsboat | 12 | 1 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
21 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't like the miniflux frontend”
“If you'd rather self-host, FreshRSS and Miniflux are the usual picks.”
“A fraction of the resource consumption and a better overall experience IMO.”
“I am trying to get into a habit of reading RSS feeds instead of letting the algorithm to decide what I read”
“Mostly because those two are about as lightweight as it gets with still pleasing interfaces and basic features.”
“I'm also a happy user of Miniflux and that specific feature.”
“has an option to fetch the full article text and works very reliably”
“I love self hosting my own RSS feed with miniflux!”
“it's actually a good way to follow this also.”
“have no issues discovering YouTube feeds based on the channel URL”
“It beats having to go through the "Subscripitons" page every day on the horrible YouTube UI”
“easy setup & good documentation”
“I ended up just sticking with Miniflux so my unread counts stay sane”
“I really like it so far, with only a few minor complaints.”
“it is easy to run and keeps a centralized status if you have multiple devices”
“I'm also self hosting miniflux, along with Reactflux to get a nice webui.”
“The read status syncs between devices and clients.”
“NNW + Miniflux is my favorite combination and I’ve been using it for many years.”
“all great projects, but something was always missing”
“Miniflux is how I subscribe to much of my tech content via their RSS.”
“I use miniflux and like it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.