RSS Guard is simple (yet powerful) feed reader. It is able to fetch the most known feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM. RSS Guard is developed on top of the Qt library and it supports these operating systems:
-Windows Vista and newer,
-GNU/Linux,
-Mac OS X,
-Android (buildable and running).
RSS Guard is written in C++. It is pretty fast even with tons of messages loaded. The core features are:
- multiplatformity,
- support for all feed formats,
- simple internal Chromium-based web viewer (or alternative version with simpler and more lightweight internal viewer),
- simplicity,
- import/export of feeds to/from OPML 2.0,
- downloader with own tab and support for up to 6 parallel downloads,
- message filter with regular expressions,
- very fast parallelized feed updates,
- feed metadata fetching including icons,
- no crazy dependencies,
- ability to cleanup internal message database with various options,
- ability to tweak columns in displayed list of messages,
- enhanced feed auto-updating with separate time intervals,
- multiple data backend support,
- SQLite (in-memory DBs too),
- MySQL.
- ability to specify target database by its name (MySQL backend),
- “portable” mode support with clever auto-detection,
- feed categorization,
- drap-n-drop for feed list,
- automatic checking for updates,
- full support of podcasts (both RSS & ATOM),
- ability to backup/restore database or settings,
- fully-featured recycle bin,
- can be controlled via keyboard,
- feed authentication (BASIC),
- handles tons of messages & feeds,
- sweet look & feel,
- fully adjustable toolbars (changeable buttons and style),
- ability to check for updates on all platforms + self-updating on Windows,
- hideable main menu, toolbars and list headers,
- Feanza-based default icon themes,
- fully skinnable user interface + ability to create your own skins,
- newspaper view,
- support for feed:// URI scheme,
- ability to hide list of feeds/categories,
- open-source development model based on GNU GPL license, version 3,
- tabbed interface,
- desktop integration via tray icon,
- localizations to some languages,
- Qt library is the only dependency,
- open-source development model and friendly author waiting for your feedback,
- no ads, no hidden costs.
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