Application hosting

Hosting Miniflux

Miniflux is a feed reader for following news sites, blogs and other publications in one place. Its interface keeps attention on the articles, with keyboard navigation and an option to retrieve full content when a feed supplies only a summary. You can host it yourself or use the project’s paid hosted service.

Requirements last checked 16 Oct 2026 against the project's documentation.

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Understand the setup

Find the software and services needed to run the application.

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Budget your resources

Plan memory, storage and CPU for the way you will use it.

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Build your shortlist

Compare plans for the starting size, then review the provider and billing terms.

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Must have

Installation requirements

A supported operating system and matching Miniflux build.
PostgreSQL 11 or later; use a maintained release for a new installation.
A browser compatible with ECMAScript 11.

Recommended

Planning guidance

Use the resource planner to size a server for your workload.

Choosing a server for Miniflux

Feed count, refresh frequency, retained entries and full-content fetching shape the workload. Size the database alongside the reader rather than allocating all memory to the web process.

Deploy with

Supported paths

Docker Compose
Distribution package
Standalone binary

The host must provide

Runtime

Database: PostgreSQL 11 or later; use a maintained PostgreSQL release for a new deployment.

Storage

Persistent data

Back up PostgreSQL to preserve subscriptions, saved entries and reading state. Keep database credentials and the application configuration with your recovery documentation.

Step by step

Plan a Miniflux deployment

Choose the installation route

Use a package, binary or the documented container setup for the server you operate.
Official instructions
Connect PostgreSQL

Create the database and credentials, then follow the selected installation method for migrations and the initial user.
Official instructions
Set the public address

Configure the external URL and HTTPS access before using the reader from other devices.
Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

Protect the reader account and keep database access private.
Treat feed retrieval as outbound server traffic when choosing network and access restrictions.

Cost

Beyond the server price

Self-hosting requires a server and database budget.
The hosted service is a separate subscription that avoids maintaining the application server.

Want the full monthly bill? Use the hosting cost calculator. Add storage, backups and other costs to your estimate.