Miniflux Support

[jocmp]

I’m excited to announce initial Miniflux support in Capy Reader in version 2026.01.1189. While it was possible to use Miniflux via the Google Reader API, this latest version of the app calls Miniflux’s API directly. Right now the feature set is just the essentials

• Add, remove, and update feeds
• Add and edit categories
• Fetch new articles, and mark articles as read and starred

These should cover all the same features as the Google Reader API. If you notice anything missing, let me know in the thread below or if you have feature suggestions that are specific to the Miniflux API. I’m already planning to investigate Miniflux’s save feature for example.
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Enabling Miniflux

To get started, select "Miniflux" on the account screen and enter your username and password.

If you’re signed in to Google Reader API, just sign out in Settings > Account > Log Out, and then select Miniflux on the account screen. Note that API Keys are not yet supported, but I’m open to feedback on this, especially if you know of any other apps that have this feature already.

[K900]

API key support would be very nice for people (like me) that run Miniflux behind an OIDC provider for auth.

[jocmp]

Thanks both. I added API Token support in a patch today. Just tap the "Use API Token instead" to swap to that option, and then add in your token.

[Morethanevil]

Thanks for this quick update 👍🏻

[toxicon]

Miniflix account. Refresh feeds on start blinking Nothing here

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[jocmp]

Hey @toxicon that's a weird one. Can you share your crash logs for this?

[toxicon]

Fixed on 2026.02.1191. Thank you!

[LMSSonos]

@jocmp thanks for this awesome feature. Really love it how it works. One little feature request, add option to force refresh on the server https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html#endpoint-refresh-all-feeds

[jocmp]

Hey @LMSSonos, I had looked at this but the user experience seemed unclear to me. Here's how I envisioned it:

1. Tap a "Force Refresh" button
2. Server responds with "Received" (hasn't started updating)
3. Unclear what step 3 would be

I know in Miniflux's UI it shows a banner that it's started, but that also requires a subsequent refresh.

If that's enough or if you have a different idea, let me know! I have some ideas on where I could add the option to force refresh, but I think it would complement the existing option in the nav bar:

As you may have seen, this only refreshes feeds that have already been updated the instance's polling or via a web refresh.

[LMSSonos]

Hi @jocmp thanks for fast reply. I totally see your point and I also think it's confusing to have 2 refresh icons.

The other option could be, that if you don't use scheduled sync, that you could set an option in the setting when syncing to automatically call server refresh as well. I know, that delays data, but on next refresh you get the new posts. Not sure if that's a better idea?

[jocmp]

I like that idea too. I'll investigate these options: #1801