MINIFLUX(1) MINIFLUX(1) NAME miniflux - Minimalist and opinionated feed reader SYNOPSIS miniflux [options] DESCRIPTION miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader. OPTIONS -h, -help Show usage information and exit. -config-dump Print parsed configuration values. This will include sensitive information like passwords. -c /path/to/miniflux.conf Load configuration file. -config-file /path/to/miniflux.conf Load configuration file. -create-admin Create an admin user from an interactive terminal. -debug Set log level to debug. -export-user-feeds <username> Export user feeds (provide the username as argument). Example: miniflux -export-user-feeds someone > feeds.xml -flush-sessions Flush all sessions (disconnect users). -healthcheck <endpoint> Perform a health check on the given endpoint. The value "auto" tries to guess the health check endpoint. -i Show build information. -info Show build information. -migrate Run SQL migrations. -refresh-feeds Refresh a batch of feeds and exit. -reset-feed-errors Clear all feed errors for all users. -reset-feed-next-check-at Reset the next check time for all feeds. -reset-password Reset user password. -run-cleanup-tasks Run cleanup tasks (delete old sessions and archive old entries). -v Show application version. -version Show application version. CONFIGURATION FILE The configuration file is a text file that follows these rules: - Miniflux expects each line to be in KEY=VALUE format. - Lines beginning with # are processed as comments and ignored. - Blank lines are ignored. - There is no variable interpolation. Keys are the same as the environment variables described below. Environment variables override the values defined in the config file. ENVIRONMENT Boolean options accept the following values (case-insensitive): 1/0, yes/no, true/false, on/off. For variables ending in _FILE, the value is a path to a file that contains the corresponding secret value. ADMIN_PASSWORD Admin user password, used only if CREATE_ADMIN is enabled. Default is empty. ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain the AD- MIN_PASSWORD value. Default is empty. ADMIN_USERNAME Admin user login, used only if CREATE_ADMIN is enabled. Default is empty. ADMIN_USERNAME_FILE Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain the AD- MIN_USERNAME value. Default is empty. AUTH_PROXY_HEADER Proxy authentication HTTP header. The option TRUSTED_REVERSE_PROXY_NETWORKS must be configured to al- low the proxy to authenticate users. Default is empty. AUTH_PROXY_USER_CREATION Set to 1 to create users based on proxy authentication information. When disabled, users must already exist in Miniflux to sign in through the proxy. Disabled by default. BASE_URL Base URL to generate HTML links and base path for cookies. Default is http://localhost. BATCH_SIZE Number of feeds to send to the queue for each interval. Default is 100 feeds. CERT_DOMAIN Use Let's Encrypt to get automatically a certificate for this do- main. Default is empty. CERT_FILE Path to SSL certificate. Default is empty. CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_BATCH_SIZE Number of entries to archive for each job interval. Default is 10000 entries. CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_READ_DAYS Number of days before the cleanup job archives read entries. Archiving deletes non-bookmarked, non-shared read entries from the database and records a tombstone to prevent the same entry from be- ing imported again during a later feed refresh. Set to -1 to disable automatic archiving of read entries. Default is 60 days. CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_UNREAD_DAYS Number of days before the cleanup job archives unread entries. Archiving deletes non-bookmarked, non-shared unread entries from the database and records a tombstone to prevent the same entry from be- ing imported again during a later feed refresh. Set to -1 to disable automatic archiving of unread entries. Default is 180 days. CLEANUP_FREQUENCY_HOURS Cleanup job frequency. Remove old sessions and archive entries. Default is 24 hours. CLEANUP_REMOVE_SESSIONS_DAYS Number of days after removing old sessions from the database. Default is 30 days. CREATE_ADMIN Set to 1 to create an admin user from environment variables. Disabled by default. DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIFETIME Set the maximum amount of time a connection may be reused. Default is 5 minutes. DATABASE_MAX_CONNS Maximum number of database connections. Default is 20. DATABASE_MIN_CONNS Minimum number of database connections. Default is 1. DATABASE_URL PostgreSQL connection parameters. Default is "user=postgres password=postgres dbname=miniflux2 sslmode=disable". DATABASE_URL_FILE Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain the DATA- BASE_URL value. Default is empty. DISABLE_API Disable miniflux's API. Default is false (The API is enabled). DISABLE_HSTS Disable HTTP Strict Transport Security header if HTTPS is set. Default is false (The HSTS is enabled). DISABLE_HTTP_SERVICE Set the value to 1 to disable the HTTP service. Default is false (The HTTP service is enabled). DISABLE_LOCAL_AUTH Disable local authentication. When set to true, the username/password form is hidden from the lo- gin screen, and the options to change username/password or unlink OAuth2 account are hidden from the settings page. This option requires an alternative authentication source such as OAuth2 or auth proxy. If remote user creation is disabled, only existing users can sign in. Default is false. DISABLE_SCHEDULER_SERVICE Set the value to 1 to disable the internal scheduler service. Default is false (The internal scheduler service is enabled). FETCHER_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORKS Set to 1 to allow outgoing fetcher requests to private or loopback networks. Disabled by default, private networks are refused. FETCH_BILIBILI_WATCH_TIME Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Bilibili website and use it as a reading time. Disabled by default. FETCH_NEBULA_WATCH_TIME Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Nebula website and use it as a reading time. Disabled by default. FETCH_ODYSEE_WATCH_TIME Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Odysee website and use it as a reading time. Disabled by default. FETCH_YOUTUBE_WATCH_TIME Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from YouTube website and use it as a reading time. Disabled by default. FORCE_REFRESH_INTERVAL The minimum interval for manual refresh. Default is 30 minutes. HTTP_CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE Maximum body size for HTTP requests in Mebibyte (MiB). Default is 15 MiB. HTTP_CLIENT_PROXIES Enable proxy rotation for outgoing requests by providing a comma- separated list of proxy URLs. Default is empty. HTTP_CLIENT_PROXY Proxy URL to use when the "Fetch via proxy" feed option is enabled. Default is empty. HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT Time limit in seconds before the HTTP client cancels the request. Default is 20 seconds. HTTP_CLIENT_USER_AGENT The default User-Agent header to use for the HTTP client. Can be overridden in per-feed settings. When empty, Miniflux uses a default User-Agent that includes the Miniflux version. Default is empty. HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT Read, write, and idle timeout in seconds for the HTTP server. Default is 300 seconds. HTTPS Forces cookies to use secure flag and send HSTS header. Default is disabled. INTEGRATION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORKS Set to 1 to allow outgoing integration requests to private or loop- back networks. Disabled by default, private networks are refused. INVIDIOUS_INSTANCE Set a custom invidious instance to use. Default is yewtu.be. KEY_FILE Path to SSL private key. Default is empty. LISTEN_ADDR Address to listen on. Use absolute path to listen on Unix socket (/var/run/miniflux.sock). Multiple addresses can be specified, separated by commas. For exam- ple: 127.0.0.1:8080, 127.0.0.1:8081. Default is 127.0.0.1:8080. LOG_DATE_TIME Display the date and time in log messages. Disabled by default. LOG_FILE Supported values are "stderr", "stdout", or a file name. Default is "stderr". LOG_FORMAT Supported log formats are "text" or "json". Default is "text". LOG_LEVEL Supported values are "debug", "info", "warning", or "error". Default is "info". MAINTENANCE_MESSAGE Define a custom maintenance message. Default is "Miniflux is currently under maintenance". MAINTENANCE_MODE Set to 1 to enable maintenance mode. Disabled by default. MEDIA_PROXY_CUSTOM_URL Sets an external server to proxy media through. Default is empty, Miniflux does the proxying. MEDIA_PROXY_HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT Time limit in seconds before the media proxy HTTP client cancels the request. Default is 120 seconds. MEDIA_PROXY_RESOURCE_TYPES A comma-separated list of media types to proxify. Supported values are: image, audio, video. Default is image. MEDIA_PROXY_MODE Possible values: http-only, all, or none. Default is http-only. MEDIA_PROXY_PRIVATE_KEY Set a custom private key used to sign proxified media URLs. By default, a secret key is randomly generated during startup. METRICS_ALLOWED_NETWORKS List of networks allowed to access the metrics endpoint (comma-sepa- rated values). Default is 127.0.0.1/8. METRICS_COLLECTOR Set to 1 to enable metrics collector. Expose a /metrics endpoint for Prometheus. Disabled by default. METRICS_PASSWORD Metrics endpoint password for basic HTTP authentication. Default is empty. METRICS_PASSWORD_FILE Path to a file that contains the password for the metrics endpoint HTTP authentication. Default is empty. METRICS_REFRESH_INTERVAL Refresh interval to collect database metrics. Default is 60 seconds. METRICS_USERNAME Metrics endpoint username for basic HTTP authentication. Default is empty. METRICS_USERNAME_FILE Path to a file that contains the username for the metrics endpoint HTTP authentication. Default is empty. OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID OAuth2 client ID. Default is empty. OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID_FILE Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain the OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID value. Default is empty. OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET OAuth2 client secret. Default is empty. OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain the OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET value. Default is empty. OAUTH2_OIDC_DISCOVERY_ENDPOINT OpenID Connect discovery endpoint. Default is empty. OAUTH2_OIDC_PROVIDER_NAME Name to display for the OIDC provider. Default is "OpenID Connect". OAUTH2_PROVIDER Possible values are "google" or "oidc". Default is empty. OAUTH2_REDIRECT_URL OAuth2 redirect URL. This URL must be registered with the provider and is something like https://miniflux.example.org/oauth2/oidc/callback. Default is empty. OAUTH2_USER_CREATION Set to 1 to authorize OAuth2 user creation. When disabled, users must already exist in Miniflux or have a linked OAuth2 account to sign in. Disabled by default. POLLING_FREQUENCY Interval in minutes for the background job scheduler. Determines how often a batch of feeds is selected for refresh, based on their last refresh time. Default is 60 minutes. POLLING_LIMIT_PER_HOST Limits the number of concurrent requests to the same hostname when polling feeds. This helps prevent overwhelming a single server during batch pro- cessing by the worker pool. Default is 0 (disabled). POLLING_PARSING_ERROR_LIMIT The maximum number of parsing errors that the program will try be- fore stopping polling a feed. Once the limit is reached, the user must refresh the feed manually. Set to 0 for unlimited. Default is 3. POLLING_SCHEDULER Determines the strategy used to schedule feed polling. Supported values are "round_robin" and "entry_frequency". - "round_robin": Feeds are polled in a fixed, rotating order. - "entry_frequency": The polling interval for each feed is based on the average update frequency over the past week. The number of feeds polled in a given period is limited by the POLLING_FREQUENCY and BATCH_SIZE settings. Regardless of the scheduler used, the total number of polled feeds will not exceed the maximum allowed per polling cycle. Default is "round_robin". PORT Override LISTEN_ADDR to 0.0.0.0:$PORT. Default is empty. RUN_MIGRATIONS Set to 1 to run database migrations. Disabled by default. SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_FACTOR Factor to increase refresh frequency for the entry frequency sched- uler. Default is 1. SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_MAX_INTERVAL Maximum interval in minutes for the entry frequency scheduler. Default is 1440 minutes (24 hours). SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_MIN_INTERVAL Minimum interval in minutes for the entry frequency scheduler. Default is 5 minutes. SCHEDULER_ROUND_ROBIN_MAX_INTERVAL Maximum interval in minutes for the round robin scheduler. Default is 1440 minutes (24 hours). SCHEDULER_ROUND_ROBIN_MIN_INTERVAL Minimum interval in minutes for the round robin scheduler. Default is 60 minutes. TRUSTED_REVERSE_PROXY_NETWORKS A comma-separated list of networks (CIDR notation) allowed to use the proxy authentication header, X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Proto, and X-Real-Ip headers. Default is empty. WATCHDOG Enable or disable Systemd watchdog. Enabled by default. WEBAUTHN Enable or disable WebAuthn/Passkey authentication. You must provide a username on the login page if you are using non- residential keys. However, this is not required for discoverable credentials. Default is disabled. WORKER_POOL_SIZE Number of background workers. Default is 16 workers. YOUTUBE_API_KEY YouTube API key for use with FETCH_YOUTUBE_WATCH_TIME. If nonempty, the duration will be fetched from the YouTube API. Otherwise, the duration will be fetched from the YouTube website. Default is empty. YOUTUBE_EMBED_URL_OVERRIDE YouTube URL which will be used for embeds. Default is https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/. AUTHORS Miniflux is developed and maintained by Frederic Guillot with contributions from the Miniflux community. COPYRIGHT Miniflux is released under the Apache 2.0 license. April 18, 2026 MINIFLUX(1)
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