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Miniflux - Minimalist News Reader
Miniflux is a minimalist web-based news reader.
Features
- 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
Authors
Original author: Frédéric Guillot
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)
Roadmap
ChangeLog
Requirements
- 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
Installation
- You must have a web server with PHP installed (version 5.3.7 minimum) with the Sqlite and XML extensions
- Download the source code and copy the directory
miniflux
where you want - Check if the directory
data
is writeable (Miniflux stores everything inside a Sqlite database) - With your browser go to http://yourpersonalserver/miniflux
- The default login and password is admin/admin
- Start to use the software
FAQ
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 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 secondsAPP_VERSION
=> default value is masterDB_FILENAME
=> default value isdata/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 themesSESSION_SAVE_PATH
=> default is empty (used to store session files in a custom directory)
How to change the session save path?
With several shared hosting providers, sessions are cleaned frequently, to avoid to login too often, you can save sessions in a custom directory.
- Create a directory, by example
sessions
- This directory must be writeable by the web server user
- This directory must NOT be accessible from the outside world (add a
.htaccess
if necessary) - Override the application variable like described above:
define('SESSION_SAVE_PATH', 'sessions');
- Now, your sessions are saved in the directory
sessions
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 namedapp.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