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A personal or team feed reader with room to spare.
$24.99per month
- 6 GB RAM
- 4 vCPU cores
- 100 GB NVMe SSD
- 30 TB
- Unlimited
Miniflux Hosting Live In 5 Minutes
Deploy Miniflux hosting and run a self-hosted RSS reader that is fast, keyboard-driven and yours alone, on your own domain. xCloud starts the pinned Miniflux image beside a private PostgreSQL database with a persistent volume, creates the admin account you chose on the install form, and publishes the reader over HTTPS, so you can import your OPML file and start reading within minutes of checkout.
- No terminal
- No technical skills needed
- No lock-in, cancel anytime
What is Miniflux?
Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader written in Go, released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Upstream says it supports Atom, RSS and JSON Feed, OPML import and export, categories and bookmarks, full-text search powered by Postgres, scraper and rewriting rules, keyboard shortcuts, webhooks and a REST API, and that it removes pixel trackers. Self-hosted Miniflux is the option for people who would otherwise pay for a hosted reader such as Feedly or Inoreader.
On xCloud the template runs miniflux/miniflux 2.3.3, the distroless image, pinned by digest, beside a private PostgreSQL 17.2 container. The app itself is stateless; the miniflux_db_data volume holds everything: subscriptions, read state, the full-text index and integration tokens. The admin username and password come from your install form. Miniflux sends no email, so there is nothing to configure for SMTP.
Simple Steps To Launch Your Miniflux Reader In Minutes
Self-hosting Miniflux normally means a Docker stack, a PostgreSQL database, a domain and a certificate. This is the same result without assembling any of it.
Step 01
Choose Your Server
Create your xCloud account and pick Miniflux from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and an admin username, and leave the password blank to have xCloud generate a 24-character one.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the pinned miniflux/miniflux 2.3.3 image and a private PostgreSQL 17.2 database, mount the miniflux_db_data volume, create the admin account, map your domain and issue a free SSL certificate.
Step 03
Go Live And Import Your Feeds
Open your HTTPS URL, sign in with the admin account, then add subscriptions from the plus menu or import your feeds as OPML. Review the keyboard shortcuts under Settings.
A Feed Reader Built For How Focused Readers Work
Miniflux is a minimalist, open-source feed reader written in Go. It reads RSS, Atom, JSON Feed and RDF, and the interface stays out of the way. The difference is that your articles sit in your own database, on a server you chose.
Feeds & Categories
Follow RSS, Atom, JSON Feed and RDF sources, organised into categories you define, with unread counts that stay honest.
Full-Text Search
Search every article you have fetched, including the ones you already read, archived or starred.
Scraper & Filter Rules
Pull the whole article when a feed only ships a summary, and block the noise with per-feed rules before it reaches your unread list.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Read, star, fetch and navigate without touching the mouse. The whole interface can be driven from the keyboard.
REST API & Mobile Apps
A REST API plus Fever and Google Reader compatible endpoints, so third-party mobile reader apps connect to your instance.
Your Own Database
Every article is stored in a PostgreSQL database on your server. No cloud sync and no third-party reader vendor.
Everything You Need To Run Your Reading List 24/7
Managed hosting for Miniflux, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.
- Miniflux and PostgreSQL deployed for you
- Free SSL certificate, issued and renewed
- Server backups and snapshots
- Server security updates included
- 30+ global server locations
- Unused balance refunded
What You Can Do With Miniflux
Replace a paid feed reader
Move your subscriptions to a reader on your own server by importing an OPML file, and keep your reading list in a database you control rather than inside a vendor's account.
Read the full article from short feeds
When a feed only ships a summary, use scraper rules or the local Readability parser to fetch the original article, so you read it in one clean page.
Read on your phone with an existing app
Connect a mobile reader that speaks the Fever or Google Reader API to your instance, so your read state stays in sync between the phone and the web.
Filter noisy feeds before they reach you
Use regex filters and rewriting rules per feed to drop articles you never want, and categories to keep the rest tidy, so the unread count means something.
Miniflux vs Alternatives
- Feedly
- If you read on Feedly today, Miniflux is the self-hosted route: your subscriptions, read state and search index live in PostgreSQL on your own Cloud VPS, and OPML import brings your feeds across.
- Inoreader
- If you use Inoreader, Miniflux keeps its feature set deliberately small. Upstream calls it minimalist and opinionated, with categories, search, rules and an API, on a server you manage yourself.
- FreshRSS
- FreshRSS has its own xCloud page. Compare the two templates for their databases, volumes and sizing before choosing; Miniflux's runs a stateless Go container beside PostgreSQL at a 512 MB RAM floor.
- Tiny Tiny RSS
- Tiny Tiny RSS has its own xCloud page. Miniflux is a single Go binary that works only with PostgreSQL and removes tracking pixels from articles, per its README.
Simple Pricing For Your Miniflux Reader
Miniflux's manifest asks for only 512 MB of RAM, so the entry tier leaves room for everything else you run beside it.
Cloud VPS 16 GB
Most popularMiniflux alongside several other self-hosted apps.
$59.99per month
- 16 GB RAM
- 6 vCPU cores
- 200 GB NVMe SSD
- 30 TB
- Unlimited
Cloud VPS 24 GB
A full self-hosted stack with feeds, storage and more.
$84.99per month
- 24 GB RAM
- 8 vCPU cores
- 300 GB NVMe SSD
- 30 TB
- Unlimited
Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in. Delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account.
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Connect any VPS (DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal) and deploy Miniflux on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.
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Ready To Own Your Reading List?
Miniflux hosting on xCloud keeps your reader and its PostgreSQL data on a server you control, with no per-seat reader subscription.
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Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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Blaine MooreFrequently Asked Questions
Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Is Miniflux free?
Yes. Miniflux is free, open-source software under the Apache-2.0 licence, so there is no per-seat or per-feed fee for the reader. The xCloud charge is for the Cloud VPS hosting Miniflux and its PostgreSQL database, and the deployment work.
Which database does Miniflux use?
Miniflux works only with PostgreSQL, per its README. The template runs a private PostgreSQL 17.2 container on the internal network, with the database password generated for you, and keeps the data on the miniflux_db_data volume. The Miniflux container itself is stateless and holds no data.
Can I import my feeds into Miniflux from OPML?
Yes. Upstream supports OPML file import and export as well as URL import, so you can bring your subscriptions from another reader and take them out again. After signing in, import the file from the menu, or paste a homepage URL and let Miniflux discover its feed.
Are there mobile apps for Miniflux?
Miniflux has no app of its own to install from this template, but upstream states compatibility with existing mobile applications that use the Fever or Google Reader API. You point such an app at your site's HTTPS address with your credentials. Modern phones can also install the web interface to the home screen.
Does Miniflux have an API?
Yes. Upstream provides a REST API, with client libraries in Go and Python, alongside the Fever and Google Reader compatible endpoints and webhooks for real-time notifications. Your instance serves the API on the same HTTPS domain as the reader, and requests are authenticated with your account.
Does Miniflux support full-text search?
Yes. Upstream says full-text search is powered by Postgres, so you can search the articles you have fetched, including ones already read, archived or starred. The search index sits in the PostgreSQL database on the miniflux_db_data volume and is included in a backup of that volume.
How do I upgrade Miniflux?
Miniflux 2.3.3 and PostgreSQL 17.2 keep their pins, so a template change leaves a running site alone. Dump or copy the database, read the Miniflux notes, then choose a later template version. Schema migrations run at startup. Existing installs need their own review.
How much RAM does Miniflux need?
The manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 2 GB of disk. The README puts a 50 to 100 feed instance at roughly 80 to 150 MB for Miniflux and 250 to 400 MB for PostgreSQL. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here leaves plenty of room for other apps beside it.
What should I back up on a Miniflux server?
Back up the miniflux_db_data volume, because the PostgreSQL data directory holds everything: subscriptions, read state, the full-text index and integration tokens. For an on-demand logical backup run pg_dump against the database container. Keep an off-server copy and test a restore.
How do I sign in, and change the password?
Sign in with the admin username and password from your credentials. The environment value only seeds the first user, so change the password under Settings, Account; a password changed in the interface wins over the environment on later restarts. Miniflux sends no email, so there is no emailed reset.
Can I run Miniflux in the cloud on xCloud?
Yes. Under Miniflux cloud use, xCloud sets up a dedicated Cloud VPS, deploys the reader and PostgreSQL and attaches your domain and certificate. A VPS rented elsewhere can be enrolled as self-managed, and Miniflux Docker hosting behaves the same there.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.
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