# How self-hosting Miniflux helped replace social media for news reading

DevFeed: [How self-hosting Miniflux helped replace social media for news reading](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-self-hosted-rss-reader-finally-got-me-off-social-media-for-news-9017.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.xda-developers.com/this-self-hosted-rss-reader-finally-got-me-off-social-media-for-news/>)

Author: Samir Makwana

Published: 2025-12-28T23:00:20Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [XDA - RSS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/xda-rss.md>)

Topics: [RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rss-feed.md>), [Miniflux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/miniflux.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>)

Tags: [home-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-server.md>), [miniflux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/miniflux.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [rss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rss.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [self-hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosting.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-and-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-and-services.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes replacing social media as a news source with a self-hosted Miniflux RSS reader. Running Miniflux on a home server provides a minimalist, distraction-free reading experience and keeps reading-habit data within the home network.

## Source excerpt

Reclaiming time and attention