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Miniflux - Minimalist News Reader
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Miniflux is a minimalist web-based news reader.
Features
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- Host anywhere (shared hosting, vps or localhost)
- Easy setup => copy and paste and you are done!
- CSS optimized for readability
- Keeps history of read items
- Remove Feedburner Ads and analytics trackers
- Import/Export of OPML feeds
- Feed updates via a cronjob or with the user interface with one click
- Protected by a login/password (only one possible user)
- Use secure headers (only external images and Youtube/Vimeo videos are allowed)
- Open external links inside a new tab with a `rel="noreferrer"` attribute
- Mobile CSS (responsive design)
- Keyboard shortcuts (pressing '?' displays a pop-up listing the shortcuts; pressing 'q' closes it)
- Basic bookmarks
- Translated in English, French, German, Italian, Czech and Simplified Chinese
- Themes
Todo and known bugs
-------------------
- See Issues: <https://github.com/fguillot/miniflux/issues>
License
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- AGPL: <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
Authors
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Original author: [Frédéric Guillot](http://fredericguillot.com/)
### Contributors
People who sent one or many pull-requests:
- André Kelpe: https://github.com/fs111
- Ayodio: https://github.com/ayodio
- Chris Lemonier: https://github.com/chrislemonier
- Derjus: https://github.com/derjus
- Eauland: https://github.com/eauland
- Félix: https://github.com/dysosmus
- Horsely: https://github.com/horsley
- Ing. Jan Kaláb: https://github.com/Pitel
- James Scott-Brown: https://github.com/jamesscottbrown
- Luca Marra: https://github.com/facciocose
- Maxime: https://github.com/EpocDotFr
- MonsieurPaulLeBoulanger: https://github.com/MonsieurPaulLeBoulanger
- Necku: https://github.com/Necku
- Thiriot Christophe: https://github.com/doubleface
- Ygbillet: https://github.com/ygbillet
PS: Many people sent a bug report too (see [issues tracker](https://github.com/fguillot/miniflux/issues))
Roadmap
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- http://miniflux.net/roadmap.html
ChangeLog
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- http://miniflux.net/changes.html
Requirements
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- Recent version of libxml2 >= 2.7.x (version 2.6.32 on Debian Lenny are not supported anymore)
- PHP >= 5.3.7
- PHP XML extensions (SimpleXML, DOM...)
- PHP Sqlite extension
Libraries used
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- [PicoFeed](https://github.com/fguillot/picoFeed)
- [PicoFarad](https://github.com/fguillot/picoFarad)
- [PicoTools](https://github.com/fguillot/picoTools)
- [PicoDb](https://github.com/fguillot/picoDb)
- [SimpleValidator](https://github.com/fguillot/simpleValidator)
- [PHP 5.5 password backport](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat)
Installation
------------
1. You must have a web server with PHP installed (version 5.3.7 minimum) with the Sqlite and XML extensions
2. Download the source code and copy the directory `miniflux` where you want
3. Check if the directory `data` is writeable (Miniflux stores everything inside a Sqlite database)
4. With your browser go to <http://yourpersonalserver/miniflux>
5. The default login and password is **admin/admin**
6. Start to use the software
FAQ
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### How do I update my feeds with a cronjob?
You just need to be inside the directory `miniflux` and run the script `cronjob.php`.
Parameters | Type | Value
--------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------
--limit | optional | number of feeds
--call-interval | optional, excluded by --limit, require --update-interval | time in minutes < update interval time
--update-interval | optional, excluded by --limit, require --call-interval | time in minutes >= call interval time
Examples:
crontab -e
# Update all feeds
0 */4 * * * cd /path/to/miniflux && php cronjob.php >/dev/null 2>&1
# Update the 10 oldest feeds each time
0 */4 * * * cd /path/to/miniflux && php cronjob.php --limit=10 >/dev/null 2>&1
# Update all feeds in 60 minutes (updates the 8 oldest feeds each time with a total of 120 feeds).
* */4 * * * cd /path/to/miniflux && php cronjob.php --call-interval=4 --update-interval=60 >/dev/null 2>&1
Note: cronjob.php can also be called from the web; in this case specify the options as GET variables.
Example: <http://yourpersonalserver/miniflux/cronjob.php?call-interval=4&update-interval=60>
### How does Miniflux update my feeds from the user interface?
Miniflux uses an Ajax request to refresh each subscription.
By default, there is only 5 feeds updated in parallel.
### I have 600 subscriptions, can Miniflux handle that?
Your life is cluttered.
### Why are there no categories? Why is feature X missing?
Miniflux is a minimalist software. Less is more.
### I found a bug, what next?
Report the bug to the [issues tracker](https://github.com/fguillot/miniflux/issues) and I will fix it.
You can report feeds that doesn't works properly too.
### Which browser is compatible with Miniflux?
Miniflux is tested with the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
I don't use Microsoft products, then I have no idea if Miniflux works correctly with Internet Explorer.
### How to override application variables?
There is few settings that can't be changed by the user interface.
These parameters are defined with PHP constants.
To override them, create a `config.php` file at the root of the project and change yourself the values.
By example, to override the default HTTP timeout value:
# file config.php
<?php
// My specific HTTP timeout (5 seconds)
define('HTTP_TIMEOUT', 5);
Actually, the following constants can be overrided:
- `HTTP_TIMEOUT` => default value is 10 seconds
- `APP_VERSION` => default value is master
- `DB_FILENAME` => default value is `data/db.sqlite`
- `DEBUG` => default is false (enable logs dump of picoFeed)
- `DEBUG_DIRECTORY` => default is /tmp (place to store log files)
- `THEME_DIRECTORY` => default is themes
### How to create a theme for Miniflux?
It's very easy to write a custom theme for Miniflux.
A theme is just a CSS file, images and fonts.
A theme doesn't change the behaviour of the application but only the page design.
The first step is to create a new directory structure for your theme:
mkdir -p themes/mysuperskin/{css,img,fonts}
The name of your theme should be only alphanumeric.
There is the following directories inside your theme:
- `css`: Your stylesheet, the file must be named `app.css` (required)
- `img`: Theme images (not required)
- `fonts`: Theme fonts (not required)
For a very basic theme example, have a look to the directory `examples\mytheme`.
Miniflux use responsive design, so it's better if your theme can handle mobile devices.
If you write a very cool theme for Miniflux, **send me your code to be available in the default installation!**
It would be awesome for everybody :)
### List of themes:
- Original theme By Frederic Guillot
- Midnight By Luca Marra
- Green by Maxime (aka EpocDotFr)
### Coding standards for contributors
- Line indentation: 4 spaces
- Line endings: Unix
- File encoding: UTF-8
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