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Miniflux vs Nextcloud News: catalog facts
MinifluxNextcloud News
Freemium

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence to self-host. A paid hosted version is…

Free

Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.

macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web Web, Self-hosted
  • One small Go binary plus PostgreSQL, and nothing else to run
  • Strips pixel trackers and tracking parameters from every article
  • Reuses an existing Nextcloud install, users and backups
  • Well-supported API with several good mobile clients
  • PostgreSQL is required; there is no SQLite option
  • Deliberately few features, which some people will find too few
  • Only useful if you already run Nextcloud
  • Feed updating depends on Nextcloud's background job configuration
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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