# Install miniflux with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Minimalist and opinionated feed reader. Version 2.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:miniflux ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install miniflux ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install miniflux ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/miniflux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add miniflux ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniflux from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install miniflux ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: miniflux from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#miniflux ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/miniflux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S miniflux ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: miniflux from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:miniflux - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.3.2 - **Source summary:** Minimalist and opinionated feed reader - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T03:50:15Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - miniflux (cli) - miniflux (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.3.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/miniflux/v2 - Upstream latest detected: 2.3.2 (current) ## Project history and usage Miniflux is a self-hosted feed reader developed by Frédéric Guillot with contributions from its community. The project presents itself as minimalist and opinionated: a small web application for RSS and Atom reading that chooses readability, keyboard-driven navigation, privacy, and a limited feature set over the larger social or magazine-style surfaces common in hosted readers. ### Project history The second-generation Miniflux codebase is written in Go, uses PostgreSQL as its database, avoids ORMs and large frameworks, and ships as a statically compiled binary. Its documentation and man page show both application-server and maintenance workflows: operators configure it with a config file or environment variables, run migrations, create admin users, refresh feeds, clean sessions, archive entries, export OPML, and monitor health endpoints. ### How it is used Its adoption niche is the self-hosted RSS community: people who want an independent reader after the decline of large centralized feed-reader services, but who also want a packaged daemon rather than a PHP or multi-service stack. The REST API, OPML import/export, integrations, Docker image, Debian/RPM-style packages, and paid hosted instance give it a foot in both personal server administration and small hosted-service operation. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: /etc/miniflux.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** miniflux - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - miniflux - 2.2.6-1+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: miniflux from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | minimalist and opinionated feed reader | https://miniflux.app - Nix - miniflux: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/miniflux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - miniflux - 2.0.51-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: miniflux from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | minimalist and opinionated feed reader | https://miniflux.app - apk - miniflux - 2.3.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniflux from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist and opionated feed reader | https://miniflux.app/ - apk - miniflux-doc - 2.3.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniflux-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist and opionated feed reader (documentation) | https://miniflux.app/ - apk - miniflux-openrc - 2.3.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: miniflux-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist and opionated feed reader (OpenRC init scripts) | https://miniflux.app/ - pacman - miniflux - 2.3.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: miniflux from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Minimalist and opinionated feed reader | https://miniflux.app - MacPorts - miniflux: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/miniflux/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bulletty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bulletty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: atom, cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [goread](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goread/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: atom, cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [matcha](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/matcha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [nom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [snownews](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/snownews/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: atom, cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [newsboat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/newsboat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: atom, cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [newsraft](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/newsraft/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: atom, cli, feed-reader, productivity, rss. - [filebrowser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filebrowser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, self-hosted. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/miniflux.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/miniflux.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph