FreshRSS vs Miniflux

Comparing two open source alternatives to Feedly. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

FreshRSS

AGPL-3.0

Self-hostable RSS and Atom news aggregator with a clean interface, multi-user support, and Fever/Google Reader API compatibility.

Apache-2.0

Minimalist, opinionated RSS feed reader that is fast, lightweight, and written in Go — designed for long-term use.

	FreshRSS	Miniflux
License	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	16,547	9,903
Forks	1,344	964
Open Issues	683	287
Last Commit	Nov 10, 2026	Nov 7, 2026
First Released	Oct 21, 2012	Nov 20, 2017
Categories	Bookmark & Content Management Tools	Bookmark & Content Management Tools
Tags	#newsletter #self hosted	#newsletter #self hosted

FreshRSS16,547

Miniflux

A fast, vim-inspired terminal RSS reader with a powerful query language, zen mode, and support for Feedly, Inoreader, Miniflux, FreshRSS and more.

Self-hosted RSS reader with feed discovery, YouTube support, folders, filters and webhooks. Self-host on web, or use the native desktop app.

Self-hosted PHP app that turns Reddit, Hacker News, Lemmy, Lobsters, PieFed, Mbin and GitHub into filtered RSS feeds of their most popular posts.

Long-running self-hosted RSS/Atom feed reader and aggregator, originally created in 2005 and now maintained at github.com/tt-rss/tt-rss.

Modern self-hosted RSS reader with timed bookmarks, smart filters, in-article notes, and a built-in newsletter-to-RSS converter.

Self-hosted RSS reader inspired by Google Reader — organize, read and subscribe to your favorite feeds on your own server.