Miniflux vs Shiori
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Feature Miniflux Shiori Category RSS & News Readers Bookmarks & Read-It-Later License Apache-2.0 MIT Language Go Go Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 128 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, binary docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 9,561 ★ 11,574 First released 2014 2017 Replaces Feedly, Inoreader Pocket, Raindrop.io
Why pick each one
Choose Miniflux if… Very fast and lightweight Easy to deploy Clean reading experience Miniflux details Choose Shiori if… Released under the MIT license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly First-class Docker support for quick deployment Mature project with 11.6k GitHub stars Shiori details
Frequently asked questions Is Miniflux or Shiori better? Neither is universally better. Shiori has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Miniflux and Shiori free and open-source? Yes. Miniflux is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Shiori under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Miniflux and Shiori with Docker? Miniflux: yes. Shiori: yes.