rssguard/README.md

RSS Guard
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Welcome to RSS Guard website. You can find here basic information.

RSS Guard is simple and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework.

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Contacts
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* [author's e-mail](mailto:rotter.martinos@gmail.com),
* [IRC channel at freenode](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#rssguard) (My nick is #skunkos, I am not available on IRC all day long.).

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Donate
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You can [support RSS Guard with tiny amounts of money via PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XMWPLPK893VH4).

[![Support RSS Guard now.](http://manlybeachrunningclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/paypal-donate-button115.png)](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XMWPLPK893VH4)

People who donated:

* Zdenek S. (Sweden).

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Feeds & Videos
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* [video channel at YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-75mFFA3wujyMyea6W1qJEV_ulh6433j),
* [RSS channel at Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/feed/rssguard/msgs/rss_v2_0.xml?num=50),
* [RSS channel at BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/rss),
* [screenshots](https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8XNkQ-jUoBYdVRSNm1kQ3BUMzQ&usp=sharing).

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Thanks to
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* **Elbert Pol** - huge contrubutions, including translating and testing in OS/2 environment.
* **Asen Anastassov** - testing, providing great feedback.

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Downloads
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### Windows
* [all downloads](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/downloads).
* alternative downloads

[![Alternative RSS Guard downloads.](http://www.instalki.pl/img/buttons/en/download_dark.png)](http://www.instalki.pl/programy/download/Windows/czytniki_RSS/RSS_Guard.html)
### Linux
* [stable releases (based on Qt 5)](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5),
* [development releases (based on Qt 5)](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5-git),
+ alternative downloads:
    * Archlinux AUR packages - [stable-qt5](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rssguard/).

![RSS Guard is 100% clean.](http://www.softpedia.com/_img/softpedia_100_free.png)
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Features
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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](http://qt-project.org/) and it supports these operating systems:

* Windows XP and newer,
* GNU/Linux,
* OS/2 (eComStation),
* Mac OS X,
* xBSD (possibly),
* Android (possibly),
* other platforms supported by Qt.

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,
* 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,
* feed metadata fetching including icons,
* simple Adblock functionality,
* customized popup notifications,
* Google-based auto-completion for internal web browser location bar,
* ability to cleanup internal message database with various options,
* enhanced feed auto-updating with separate time intervals,
* multiple data backend support,
    * SQLite (in-memory DBs too),
    * MySQL.
* is able 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,
* ability to discover existing feeds on websites,
* full support of podcasts (both RSS & ATOM),
* ability to backup/restore database or settings,
* fully-featured recycle bin,
* printing of messages and any web pages,
* can be fully controlled via keyboard,
* feed authentication (Digest-MD5, BASIC, NTLM-2),
* 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,
* KFeanza-based default icon theme + ability to create your own icon themes,
* fully skinnable user interface + ability to create your own skins,
* “newspaper” view,
* plenty of skins,
* 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,
* integrated web browser with adjustable behavior + external browser support,
* internal web browser mouse gestures support,
* 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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Philosophy
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RSS Guard tends to be independent software. It's free, it's open-source. RSS Guard accepts donations but only to SUPPORT its development.