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Miniflux vs Stringer: catalog facts
Miniflux	Stringer
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 MIT licence. 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	No social features, recommendations or analytics by design Simple Rails application that deploys to a small server easily
PostgreSQL is required; there is no SQLite option Deliberately few features, which some people will find too few	Minimal feature set; no filtering, tagging or mobile apps Development is largely dormant
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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