miniflux_v2/miniflux.1

.\" Manpage for miniflux.
.TH "MINIFLUX" "1" "September 29, 2025" "\ \&" "\ \&"

.SH NAME
miniflux \- Minimalist and opinionated feed reader

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBminiflux\fR [-vic] [-config-dump] [-config-file] [-create-admin] [-debug]
    [-flush-sessions] [-healthcheck] [-info] [-migrate] [-refresh-feeds]
    [-reset-feed-errors] [-reset-feed-next-check-at] [-reset-password]
    [-run-cleanup-tasks] [-version]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBminiflux\fR is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader.

.SH OPTIONS
.PP
.B \-config-dump
.RS 4
Print parsed configuration values. This will include sensitive information like passwords\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-c /path/to/miniflux.conf
.RS 4
Load configuration file\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-config-file /path/to/miniflux.conf
.RS 4
Load configuration file\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-create-admin
.RS 4
Create an admin user from an interactive terminal\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-debug
.RS 4
Set log level to debug\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-export-user-feeds <username>
.RS 4
Export user feeds (provide the username as argument)\&.
.br
Example: "miniflux -export-user-feeds someone > feeds.xml"\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-flush-sessions
.RS 4
Flush all sessions (disconnect users)\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-healthcheck <endpoint>
.RS 4
Perform a health check on the given endpoint\&.
.br
The value "auto" try to guess the health check endpoint\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-i
.RS 4
Show build information\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-info
.RS 4
Show build information\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-migrate
.RS 4
Run SQL migrations\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-refresh-feeds
.RS 4
Refresh a batch of feeds and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-reset-feed-errors
.RS 4
Clear all feed errors for all users\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-reset-feed-next-check-at
.RS 4
Reset the next check time for all feeds\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-reset-password
.RS 4
Reset user password\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-run-cleanup-tasks
.RS 4
Run cleanup tasks (delete old sessions and archives old entries)\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-v
.RS 4
Show application version\&.
.RE
.PP
.B \-version
.RS 4
Show application version\&.
.RE

.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
The configuration file is a text file that follow these rules:
.LP
- Miniflux expects each line to be in KEY=VALUE format.
.br
- Lines beginning with # are processed as comments and ignored.
.br
- Blank lines are ignored.
.br
- There is no variable interpolation.
.PP
Keys are the same as the environment variables described below.
.br
Environment variables override the values defined in the config file.

.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B ADMIN_PASSWORD
Admin user password, used only if $CREATE_ADMIN is enabled\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE
Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain $ADMIN_PASSWORD value\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B ADMIN_USERNAME
Admin user login, used only if $CREATE_ADMIN is enabled\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B ADMIN_USERNAME_FILE
Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain $ADMIN_USERNAME value\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B AUTH_PROXY_HEADER
Proxy authentication HTTP header\&.
.br
Default is empty.
.TP
.B AUTH_PROXY_USER_CREATION
Set to 1 to create users based on proxy authentication information\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B BASE_URL
Base URL to generate HTML links and base path for cookies\&.
.br
Default is http://localhost/\&.
.TP
.B BATCH_SIZE
Number of feeds to send to the queue for each interval\&.
.br
Default is 100 feeds\&.
.TP
.B CERT_DOMAIN
Use Let's Encrypt to get automatically a certificate for this domain\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B CERT_FILE
Path to SSL certificate\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_BATCH_SIZE
Number of entries to archive for each job interval\&.
.br
Default is 10000 entries\&.
.TP
.B CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_READ_DAYS
Number of days after marking read entries as removed\&.
.br
Set to -1 to keep all read entries.
.br
Default is 60 days\&.
.TP
.B CLEANUP_ARCHIVE_UNREAD_DAYS
Number of days after marking unread entries as removed\&.
.br
Set to -1 to keep all unread entries.
.br
Default is 180 days\&.
.TP
.B CLEANUP_FREQUENCY_HOURS
Cleanup job frequency. Remove old sessions and archive entries\&.
.br
Default is 24 hours\&.
.TP
.B CLEANUP_REMOVE_SESSIONS_DAYS
Number of days after removing old sessions from the database\&.
.br
Default is 30 days\&.
.TP
.B CREATE_ADMIN
Set to 1 to create an admin user from environment variables\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B DATABASE_CONNECTION_LIFETIME
Set the maximum amount of time a connection may be reused\&.
.br
Default is 5 minutes\&.
.TP
.B DATABASE_MAX_CONNS
Maximum number of database connections\&.
.br
Default is 20\&.
.TP
.B DATABASE_MIN_CONNS
Minimum number of database connections\&.
.br
Default is 1\&.
.TP
.B DATABASE_URL
Postgresql connection parameters\&.
.br
Default is "user=postgres password=postgres dbname=miniflux2 sslmode=disable"\&.
.TP
.B DATABASE_URL_FILE
Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain $DATABASE_URL value\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B DISABLE_API
Disable miniflux's API\&.
.br
Default is false (The API is enabled)\&.
.TP
.B DISABLE_HSTS
Disable HTTP Strict Transport Security header if \fBHTTPS\fR is set\&.
.br
Default is false (The HSTS is enabled)\&.
.TP
.B DISABLE_HTTP_SERVICE
Set the value to 1 to disable the HTTP service\&.
.br
Default is false (The HTTP service is enabled)\&.
.TP
.B DISABLE_LOCAL_AUTH
Disable local authentication\&.
.br
When set to true, the username/password form is hidden from the login screen, and the
options to change username/password or unlink OAuth2 account are hidden from the settings page.
.br
Default is false\&.
.TP
.B DISABLE_SCHEDULER_SERVICE
Set the value to 1 to disable the internal scheduler service\&.
.br
Default is false (The internal scheduler service is enabled)\&.
.TP
.B FETCH_BILIBILI_WATCH_TIME
Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Bilibili website and
use it as a reading time\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B FETCH_NEBULA_WATCH_TIME
Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Nebula website and
use it as a reading time\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B FETCH_ODYSEE_WATCH_TIME
Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from Odysee website and
use it as a reading time\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B FETCH_YOUTUBE_WATCH_TIME
Set the value to 1 to scrape video duration from YouTube website and
use it as a reading time\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B FILTER_ENTRY_MAX_AGE_DAYS
Number of days after which new entries should be retained\&.
.br
Set 7 to fetch only entries 7 days old\&.
.br
Default is 0 (disabled)\&.
.TP
.B FORCE_REFRESH_INTERVAL
The minimum interval for manual refresh\&.
.br
Default is 30 minutes\&.
.TP
.B HTTP_CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE
Maximum body size for HTTP requests in Mebibyte (MiB)\&.
.br
Default is 15 MiB\&.
.TP
.B HTTP_CLIENT_PROXIES
Enable proxy rotation for outgoing requests by providing a comma-separated list of proxy URLs\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B HTTP_CLIENT_PROXY
Proxy URL to use when the "Fetch via proxy" feed option is enabled\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT
Time limit in seconds before the HTTP client cancel the request\&.
.br
Default is 20 seconds\&.
.TP
.B HTTP_CLIENT_USER_AGENT
The default User-Agent header to use for the HTTP client. Can be overridden in per-feed settings\&.
.br
When empty, Miniflux uses a default User-Agent that includes the Miniflux version\&.
.br
Default is empty.
.TP
.B HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT
Time limit in seconds before the HTTP client cancel the request\&.
.br
Default is 300 seconds\&.
.TP
.B HTTPS
Forces cookies to use secure flag and send HSTS header\&.
.br
Default is disabled\&.
.TP
.B INVIDIOUS_INSTANCE
Set a custom invidious instance to use\&.
.br
Default is yewtu.be\&.
.TP
.B KEY_FILE
Path to SSL private key\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B LISTEN_ADDR
Address to listen on. Use absolute path to listen on Unix socket (/var/run/miniflux.sock)\&.
.br
Multiple addresses can be specified, separated by commas. For example: 127.0.0.1:8080, 127.0.0.1:8081\&.
.br
Default is 127.0.0.1:8080\&.
.TP
.B LOG_DATE_TIME
Display the date and time in log messages\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B LOG_FILE
Supported values are "stderr", "stdout", or a file name\&.
.br
Default is "stderr"\&.
.TP
.B LOG_FORMAT
Supported log formats are "text" or "json"\&.
.br
Default is "text"\&.
.TP
.B LOG_LEVEL
Supported values are "debug", "info", "warning", or "error"\&.
.br
Default is "info"\&.
.TP
.B MAINTENANCE_MESSAGE
Define a custom maintenance message\&.
.br
Default is "Miniflux is currently under maintenance"\&.
.TP
.B MAINTENANCE_MODE
Set to 1 to enable maintenance mode\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B MEDIA_PROXY_CUSTOM_URL
Sets an external server to proxy media through\&.
.br
Default is empty, Miniflux does the proxying\&.
.TP
.B MEDIA_PROXY_HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT
Time limit in seconds before the media proxy HTTP client cancel the request\&.
.br
Default is 120 seconds\&.
.TP
.B MEDIA_PROXY_RESOURCE_TYPES
A comma-separated list of media types to proxify. Supported values are: image, audio, video\&.
.br
Default is image\&.
.TP
.B MEDIA_PROXY_MODE
Possible values: http-only, all, or none\&.
.br
Default is http-only\&.
.TP
.B MEDIA_PROXY_PRIVATE_KEY
Set a custom custom private key used to sign proxified media URLs\&.
.br
By default, a secret key is randomly generated during startup\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_ALLOWED_NETWORKS
List of networks allowed to access the metrics endpoint (comma-separated values)\&.
.br
Default is 127.0.0.1/8\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_COLLECTOR
Set to 1 to enable metrics collector. Expose a /metrics endpoint for Prometheus.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_PASSWORD
Metrics endpoint password for basic HTTP authentication\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_PASSWORD_FILE
Path to a file that contains the password for the metrics endpoint HTTP authentication\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_REFRESH_INTERVAL
Refresh interval to collect database metrics\&.
.br
Default is 60 seconds\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_USERNAME
Metrics endpoint username for basic HTTP authentication\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B METRICS_USERNAME_FILE
Path to a file that contains the username for the metrics endpoint HTTP authentication\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID
OAuth2 client ID\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID_FILE
Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain $OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID value\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET
OAuth2 client secret\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE
Path to a secret key exposed as a file, it should contain $OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET value\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_OIDC_DISCOVERY_ENDPOINT
OpenID Connect discovery endpoint\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_OIDC_PROVIDER_NAME
Name to display for the OIDC provider\&.
.br
Default is "OpenID Connect"\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_PROVIDER
Possible values are "google" or "oidc"\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_REDIRECT_URL
OAuth2 redirect URL\&.
.br
This URL must be registered with the provider and is something like https://miniflux.example.org/oauth2/oidc/callback\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B OAUTH2_USER_CREATION
Set to 1 to authorize OAuth2 user creation\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B POLLING_FREQUENCY
Interval for the background job scheduler.
.br
Determines how often a batch of feeds is selected for refresh, based on their last refresh time\&.
.br
Default is 60 minutes\&.
.TP
.B POLLING_LIMIT_PER_HOST
Limits the number of concurrent requests to the same hostname when polling feeds.
.br
This helps prevent overwhelming a single server during batch processing by the worker pool.
.br
Default is 0 (disabled)\&.
.TP
.B POLLING_PARSING_ERROR_LIMIT
The maximum number of parsing errors that the program will try before stopping polling a feed.
.br
Once the limit is reached, the user must refresh the feed manually. Set to 0 for unlimited.
.br
Default is 3\&.
.TP
.B POLLING_SCHEDULER
Determines the strategy used to schedule feed polling.
.br
Supported values are "round_robin" and "entry_frequency".
.br
- "round_robin": Feeds are polled in a fixed, rotating order.
.br
- "entry_frequency": The polling interval for each feed is based on the average update frequency over the past week.
.br
The number of feeds polled in a given period is limited by the POLLING_FREQUENCY and BATCH_SIZE settings.
.br
Regardless of the scheduler used, the total number of polled feeds will not exceed the maximum allowed per polling cycle.
.br
Default is "round_robin"\&.
.TP
.B PORT
Override LISTEN_ADDR to 0.0.0.0:$PORT\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B RUN_MIGRATIONS
Set to 1 to run database migrations\&.
.br
Disabled by default\&.
.TP
.B SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_FACTOR
Factor to increase refresh frequency for the entry frequency scheduler\&.
.br
Default is 1\&.
.TP
.B SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_MAX_INTERVAL
Maximum interval in minutes for the entry frequency scheduler\&.
.br
Default is 1440 minutes (24 hours)\&.
.TP
.B SCHEDULER_ENTRY_FREQUENCY_MIN_INTERVAL
Minimum interval in minutes for the entry frequency scheduler\&.
.br
Default is 5 minutes\&.
.TP
.B SCHEDULER_ROUND_ROBIN_MAX_INTERVAL
Maximum interval in minutes for the round robin scheduler\&.
.br
Default is 1440 minutes (24 hours)\&.
.TP
.B SCHEDULER_ROUND_ROBIN_MIN_INTERVAL
Minimum interval in minutes for the round robin scheduler\&.
.br
Default is 60 minutes\&.
.TP
.B WATCHDOG
Enable or disable Systemd watchdog\&.
.br
Enabled by default\&.
.TP
.B WEBAUTHN
Enable or disable WebAuthn/Passkey authentication\&.
.br
You must provide a username on the login page if you are using non-residential keys. However, this is not required for discoverable credentials\&.
.br
Default is disabled\&.
.TP
.B WORKER_POOL_SIZE
Number of background workers\&.
.br
Default is 16 workers\&.
.TP
.B 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\&.
.br
Default is empty\&.
.TP
.B YOUTUBE_EMBED_URL_OVERRIDE
YouTube URL which will be used for embeds\&.
.br
Default is https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/\&.
.SH AUTHORS
.P
Miniflux is written and maintained by Fr\['e]d\['e]ric Guillot\&.

.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.P
Miniflux is released under the Apache 2.0 license\&.