Handy Ways to Use Miniflux: Bookmarklet and Mobile App Integration

Efficient Miniflux Usage: Bookmarklet and Mobile App Integration

 Posted on January 22, 2026  (Last modified on August 19, 2026)  • Other languages: 日本語

In a previous post I covered building “Miniflux”, an RSS reader you can run yourself. Its appeal is that it is simple and fast, but there are ways to make the day-to-day work of “registering feeds” and “reading on mobile” even more convenient. This time I explain the combination that is still the strongest as of 2026: registering feeds at blazing speed from a PC browser with the bookmarklet, and setting up synced reading in “NetNewsWire”, the popular iPhone app. [Read More]
Miniflux  NetNewsWire  Bookmarklet  iPhone  RSS  Mobile apps 

Self-Hosting Miniflux with Docker Compose and Traefik

Deploy Miniflux with Traefik and Docker Compose: Complete Setup Guide

 Posted on January 22, 2026  (Last modified on August 19, 2026)  • Other languages: 日本語

Up to now I had been self-hosting RSS with FreshRSS, but since Miniflux is lightweight and can integrate with all sorts of external services, I migrated to it.

I am building it with Docker again this time, and I am writing it up on the following assumptions.

Environment

  • My own domain (already registered with Cloudflare)
  • Network: traefik-network (external)
  • CertResolver: cloudflare
  • entryPoints: web (80), websecure (443)

docker-compose.yml

services:
  miniflux:
    image: miniflux/miniflux:latest
    container_name: miniflux
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://miniflux:${DB_PASSWORD}@db/miniflux?sslmode=disable
      - RUN_MIGRATIONS=1
      - CREATE_ADMIN=1
      - ADMIN_USERNAME=${ADMIN_USERNAME}
      - ADMIN_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD}
      - BASE_URL=https://${MINIFLUX_DOMAIN}
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.docker.network=traefik-network"
      - "traefik.http.routers.miniflux.rule=Host(`${MINIFLUX_DOMAIN}`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.miniflux.entrypoints=websecure"
      - "traefik.http.routers.miniflux.tls=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.miniflux.tls.certresolver=cloudflare"
      - "traefik.http.services.miniflux.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
    networks:
      - traefik-network
      - miniflux-internal
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "/usr/bin/miniflux", "-healthcheck", "auto"]
      interval: 10s
      start_period: 30s
  db:
    image: postgres:17
    container_name: miniflux-db
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=miniflux
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - POSTGRES_DB=miniflux
    volumes:
      - miniflux-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "miniflux"]
      interval: 10s
      start_period: 30s
    networks:
      - miniflux-internal
networks:
  traefik-network:
    external: true
  miniflux-internal:
    driver: bridge
volumes:
  miniflux-db:

.env

DB_PASSWORD=your_secure_db_password
ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD=your_secure_admin_password
MINIFLUX_DOMAIN=rss.your-domain.com

Starting it up

docker compose up -d

Building Miniflux safely with Traefik + Docker Compose

  • PostgreSQL: the official documentation uses Postgres 18, but it is still beta, so I use 17
  • Network isolation: the DB is connected only to miniflux-internal, so it cannot be reached from outside
  • Traefik integration: the miniflux container is connected to traefik-network, and the routing is configured with labels
  • Ports: miniflux starts on 8080 by default, so there is no need to publish a port to the host (Traefik handles it)
Miniflux  Traefik  Docker Compose  PostgreSQL  RSS  Self-hosted