Add Miniflux service #245

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adriangl · 2025-08-17T21:14:14+02:00

adriangl commented

2025-08-17 21:14:14 +02:00

TLDR, setup miniflux rss again. Should be easy with nixos and gitea oauth.

We previously ran miniflux rss reader, with seems to be down atm, and breaks tjenester urls on the webpage.

It currently dosent seem to be running, and setting it up with nix is fairly painless.

The only problems is we want to add it with automatic user creation, so using oauth to gitea oauth provider seems like a good idea. (Just a few env vars and secrets in the configs)

Would also need to add in nginx.

TLDR, setup miniflux rss again. Should be easy with nixos and gitea oauth. We previously ran miniflux rss reader, with seems to be down atm, and breaks tjenester urls on the webpage. It currently dosent seem to be running, and setting it up with nix is fairly painless. The only problems is we want to add it with automatic user creation, so using oauth to gitea oauth provider seems like a good idea. (Just a few env vars and secrets in the configs) Would also need to add in nginx.

adriangl added the good first issue new stuff labels 2025-08-17 21:14:14 +02:00

adriangl added the services label 2025-08-17 21:16:41 +02:00

adriangl added a new dependency 2025-08-17 21:17:38 +02:00

#243 Fixing urls on tjenester-page

adriangl changed title from ~~add Miniflux service~~ to Add Miniflux service

2025-08-17 21:18:33 +02:00

oysteikt added this to the Kanban project 2025-09-04 00:53:18 +02:00

oysteikt commented

2025-12-22 04:37:54 +01:00

If I remember correctly, we took this down because no one was really using it (@felixalb is this correct)? People interested in rss tend to use some local client instead. Would it be better to just remove it from the services page instead?

idk, maybe this is the wrong attitude towards hosting stuff, you could make the argument that everything is pointless if people tend to use other alternatives, but I feel like this is different somehow without being able to pinpoint exactly why.

If I remember correctly, we took this down because no one was really using it (@felixalb is this correct)? People interested in rss tend to use some local client instead. Would it be better to just remove it from the services page instead? idk, maybe this is the wrong attitude towards hosting stuff, you could make the argument that everything is pointless if people tend to use other alternatives, but I feel like this is different somehow without being able to pinpoint exactly why.

oysteikt moved this to Low priority in Kanban on 2025-12-22 07:50:28 +01:00

felixalb commented

2025-12-22 09:37:07 +01:00

I believe it was mostly closed due to it not being integrated into our authentication systems, see chat following this message (matrix). User management was manual and miniflux-native only. This might have contributed to a low user count. There are OAuth2 options available in the configuration file.

I run Miniflux at home, see my configuration, it works great. Neat software, also has integrated push-to-matrix feature for new post notifications. I think people might use it, many new users will probably prefer it over newsboat/gnus!

I believe it was mostly closed due to it not being integrated into our authentication systems, see chat following [this message (matrix)](https://matrix.to/#/!tMyzjAyqlQLaNVjtUd:pvv.ntnu.no/$XSqatu0quJgLU_ptGzQpevvpjftkcTU5LQZrxHMFKHo?via=pvv.ntnu.no&via=matrix.org&via=feal.no). User management was manual and miniflux-native only. This might have contributed to a low user count. There are OAuth2 options available in [the configuration file](https://miniflux.app/docs/configuration.html). I run Miniflux at home, see [my configuration](https://git.pvv.ntnu.no/felixalb/nixos-config/src/branch/main/hosts/morn/services/miniflux.nix), it works great. Neat software, also has integrated push-to-matrix feature for new post notifications. I think people might use it, many new users will probably prefer it over newsboat/gnus!

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danio commented

2025-12-23 17:06:29 +01:00

for matrix we do run hookshot, everyone can subscribe to RSS feeds by interacting with @bot_feeds:pvv.ntnu.no (nicknamed Aya)

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