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NewsBlur vs Miniflux: catalog facts
NewsBlurMiniflux
Freemium

A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription. Self-hosting is free.

Freemium

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

Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
  • Training on tags, authors and phrases genuinely reduces the noise
  • The entire service is open source and self-hostable
  • One small Go binary plus PostgreSQL, and nothing else to run
  • Strips pixel trackers and tracking parameters from every article
  • The free tier is limited to a small number of feeds
  • Self-hosting the full stack is a substantial undertaking
  • PostgreSQL is required; there is no SQLite option
  • Deliberately few features, which some people will find too few
Hosted service, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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