FreshRSS vs Miniflux
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted rss & news readers options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare FreshRSS with
choose an app… RSSHub Karakeep ArchiveBox Linkwarden Omnivore Wallabag Shiori Linkding Fluent Reader RSS-Bridge Winds Floccus NewsBlur Buku TagSpaces Stringer yarr Shaarli Newsboat Feedbin CommaFeed Pinry Kill the Newsletter Tiny Tiny RSS Feeder RSS Guard selfoss Fusion Feed reader nono Antennapod-server-Wenholt bewCloud QuiteRSS Nextcloud News osmos::feed Liferea NewsFlash RSSBox morss FeedReader Nom RSS by guyfedwards FeedHQ Readrops Reader by lemon24 Feed mixer nono Granary RSS Monster Yotter rss2email rsspls Feedpushr Feeds Fun Tinyfeed FeedCord Newsraft RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed Russ FeedMixer Bubo Reader RSS reader nono Leed feed2toot Goeland RSS Funnel Feed dashboard nono Reader-self Coldsweat JARR TrueRSS rss2hook Newspipe Yarrharr
Compare Miniflux with
choose an app… RSSHub Karakeep ArchiveBox Linkwarden Omnivore Wallabag Shiori Linkding Fluent Reader RSS-Bridge Winds Floccus NewsBlur Buku TagSpaces Stringer yarr Shaarli Newsboat Feedbin CommaFeed Pinry Kill the Newsletter Tiny Tiny RSS Feeder RSS Guard selfoss Fusion Feed reader nono Antennapod-server-Wenholt bewCloud QuiteRSS Nextcloud News osmos::feed Liferea NewsFlash RSSBox morss FeedReader Nom RSS by guyfedwards FeedHQ Readrops Reader by lemon24 Feed mixer nono Granary RSS Monster Yotter rss2email rsspls Feedpushr Feeds Fun FeedCord Newsraft RSS aggregator nono KrISS feed Russ FeedMixer Bubo Reader RSS reader nono Leed feed2toot Goeland RSS Funnel Feed dashboard nono Reader-self Coldsweat JARR TrueRSS rss2hook Newspipe Yarrharr
Feature FreshRSS Miniflux Category RSS & News Readers RSS & News Readers License AGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0 Language PHP Go Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 15,716 ★ 9,561 First released 2013 2014 Replaces Feedly, Inoreader, Google Reader Feedly, Inoreader
Why pick each one
Choose FreshRSS if… Lightweight and fast Works with many mobile apps Actively maintained FreshRSS details Choose Miniflux if… Very fast and lightweight Easy to deploy Clean reading experience Miniflux details
Frequently asked questions Is FreshRSS or Miniflux better? Neither is universally better. FreshRSS has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are FreshRSS and Miniflux free and open-source? Yes. FreshRSS is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Miniflux under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run FreshRSS and Miniflux with Docker? FreshRSS: yes. Miniflux: yes.