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Stringer vs Miniflux: catalog facts
Stringer	Miniflux
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Hosting is separate.	Freemium Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence to self-host. A paid hosted version is…
Web, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
No social features, recommendations or analytics by design Simple Rails application that deploys to a small server easily	One small Go binary plus PostgreSQL, and nothing else to run Strips pixel trackers and tracking parameters from every article
Minimal feature set; no filtering, tagging or mobile apps Development is largely dormant	PostgreSQL is required; there is no SQLite option Deliberately few features, which some people will find too few
Self-hosted, Web application	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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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