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 About Minifeed.rails

Minimalist self hosted feed reader and its native iOS app

Platforms

Web Self-hosted iOS

Languages

Ruby

Links

Source Code

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Minifeed

Minimalist self-hosted feed reader and its native iOS app.

Screenshots

Screenshots of the iOS app are available in the iOS repository.

Features

  • Organize feeds by category
  • Add bookmarks
  • An integrated reader mode
  • OPML import and export
  • Multi-user
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Simple UI based on Bootstrap
  • Light/Dark modes
  • A native iOS app

Anti-features

  • No social/sharing features

Demo / Deploy to Heroku

Click on the "Deploy" button and follow the instructions.

Deploy

Your login is [email protected] and your password is password. You can change your email/password and manage your feeds from the "Settings" menu.

Wait a minute for the demo feeds to load.

Warning: if you use free Heroku dynos, feeds are only imported when the server is running.

Docker install (recommended)

Copy the docker-compose.yml file and run docker compose up.

Minifeed is listening on port 3000. Your login is [email protected] and your password is password. You can change your email/password and manage your feeds from the "Settings" menu.

Manual install

You can install Minifeed like any other Rails app:

git clone https://github.com/BenoitMC/minifeed.rails.git
cd minifeed.rails
yarn install
bundle install
bundle exec rake db:prepare
bundle exec rails server

Your login is [email protected] and your password is password. You can change your email/password and manage your feeds from the "Settings" menu.

And to update an existing instance:

cd minifeed.rails
git pull origin master
yarn install
bundle install
bundle exec rake db:migrate
bundle exec rails server

Configuration

You can change some options using environment variables (copy .env.example to .env and change what you want) and in the config/minifeed.rb file.

Requirements / Technical information

Minifeed has very few dependencies:

  • Linux or macOS
  • Ruby
  • PostgreSQL
  • Yarn

Minifeed is designed to be easy to install and maintain, simplicity is preferred over performance, so it has:

  • No extra dependencies like Redis or ElasticSearch
  • No file storage
  • No extra process for running jobs
  • No blockchain
  • No 3-week-old JS framework

By default, feeds are imported in the background of the server process using solid-queue.