Miniflux
A plain, fast feed reader you host yourself or pay a small fee to host.
Instead of Google News
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Miniflux is a feed reader on a diet. It reads RSS and nothing else, with no recommendations and no clutter. It is open source, runs as a single small program on the web or your own server, and exports your subscriptions in the standard OPML format.
Miniflux scores a 5 on lock-in, a 4 on footprint, self-direction, power and longevity and a 3 on delivery.
It looks bare on purpose, so Delivery is a 3. Hosting is a paid option if you do not want to run it.
Using it is a plain page of unread items from the sites you chose.
- Minimal RSS reader with no recommendations
- Open source and light enough to run anywhere
- Looks plain on purpose
What stands out
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For comparison, we also reviewed Google News (15/30) as a benchmark.
