rssguard/README.md

RSS Guard
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Welcome to RSS Guard project website. See below for basic information or see the wiki for detailed information.

Contacts
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* [rotter.martinos@gmail.com](mailto:rotter.martinos@gmail.com) ~e-mail,
* [groups.google.com/d/forum/rssguard](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/rssguard) ~forums,
* [#rssguard](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#rssguard) ~irc channel (freenode).

RSS Guard feeds
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* [groups.google.com/forum/feed/rssguard/msgs/rss_v2_0.xml?num=50](https://groups.google.com/forum/feed/rssguard/msgs/rss_v2_0.xml?num=50) ~forums feed,
* [bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/rss](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/rss) ~homepage feed.

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),
* 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,
* feed metadata fetching,
* multiple data backend support (SQLite + MySQL),
* “portable” mode support,
* feed categorization,
* feed authentication (Digest-MD5, BASIC, NTLM-2),
* handles tons of messages,
* sweet look & feel,
* KFeanza-based default icon theme + ability to create your own icon themes,
* fully skinnable user interface + ability to create your own skins,
* “newspaper” view,
* ability to hide list of feeds/categories,
* open-source development model based on GNU GPL license, version 3,
* tabbed interface,
* integrated web browser + external browser support,
* desktop integration via tray icon,
* Qt library is the only dependency,
* no ads, no hidden costs.