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Miniflux Alternatives

Miniflux

Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader.

Reader
Feed formats supported: Atom, RSS 1.0/2.0, RDF, and JSON
OPML import/export
Support multiple enclosures/attachments (Podcasts, videos, music, and images)
Play videos from YouTube channels directly inside Miniflux
Categories
Bookmarks
Fetch website icons (favicons)
Save articles to third-party services

Privacy
Remove pixel trackers
Fetch original links when the feed is coming from FeedBurner
Open external links with the attributes rel="noopener noreferrer" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
Image proxy to avoid mixed content warnings with HTTPS
Play Youtube videos by using the domain youtube-nocookie.com
Block any external Javascript code to avoid tracking

Content Manipulation
Fetch original article and returns relevant contents (Readability)
Custom scraper rules based on CSS selectors
Custom rewriting rules

User Interface
Stylesheet optimized for readability
Responsive design (works on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices)
Doesn't require to download an application from the App/Play Store
Keyboard shortcuts
Touch events on mobile devices

Integration
Send articles to Pinboard, Instapaper, Pocket, or Wallabag
Bookmarklet to subscribe to a website directly from any browsers
Use existing mobile applications to read your feeds by using the Fever API
REST API with clients written in Go and Python

Technical stuff
Self-hosted
Written in Go (Golang)
Use only Postgres as database
There is no dependency, only a single static binary
Automatic HTTPS configuration with Let's Encrypt
Use your own SSL certificate
Supports HTTP/2.0 if TLS is configured
Feeds are updated in the background by an internal scheduler
External content is sanitized before being displayed
Use content security policy that allows only application Javascript and block inline code and styles
Works only in modern browsers

Best Miniflux Alternatives for Windows

Looking for a program that is like Miniflux? We have our top picks here. If you need another program that has some of the features of Miniflux on your device, read what we recommend in this post.

Flipboard

Flipboard

FreeWindowsWebAndroidiPhoneChrome OSWindows SAndroid TabletWindows PhoneiPadApple WatchKindle Fire

Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter. - See your social media in a magazine...

Features:

  • Content discovery
  • Auto scrolling
  • Facebook integration
  • Import from Google Reader
  • Instagram
  • Magazine
  • Magazine layout
  • Progressive Web App
  • Sharable lists
  • Social media integration
  • Tumblr integration
  • Twitter integration
Feedbro

Feedbro

FreeMacWindowsLinuxChrome OSVivaldi BrowserChromeFirefox

Advanced Feed Reader - Read news & blogs or any RSS/Atom/RDF source. Feature highlights: - Full standalone feed reader (RSS, Atom, RDF) as a Chrome and Firefox...

Features:

  • Bitchute integration
  • Instagram integration
  • LinkedIn integration
  • Pinterest integration
  • Reddit integration
  • Vimeo integration
  • VK integration
  • Google Chrome Extensions
  • Content Filtering
  • Facebook integration
  • Feed Reader
  • Filtering
  • Firefox Extensions
  • IFTTT integration
  • News
  • News aggregator
  • Offline Reading
  • Export to OPML
  • Import feeds from OPML
  • RSS
  • Rule based
  • Tagging
  • Youtube integration

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