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RSS Guard
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Welcome to RSS Guard website. You can find here basic information.
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RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization.
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# ***ALL USERS WHO UPDATED TO 3.2.0+ -> fill [this survey](http://goo.gl/forms/ASWg4TFxlS).***
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Core features are:
* **support for online feed synchronization via plugins**,
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* Tiny Tiny RSS (from RSS Guard 3.0.0),
* ownCloud News (from RSS Guard 3.1.0).
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* multiplatformity,
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* multiple data backend support.
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* SQLite (in-memory DBs too),
* MySQL.
See below for more information about features and other RSS Guard aspects.
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Contacts
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* [author's e-mail](mailto:rotter.martinos@gmail.com),
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* [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)
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People who donated:
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* Zdenek S. (Sweden)
* Eloi Garibaldi B.
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* Jacob S.
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I say "thank you" for all your support, donators.
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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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* **eson** - rock-solid translation into Sweden language.
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Downloads
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### Windows
* [all downloads](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/downloads).
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* 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)
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### Linux
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* [stable releases (based on Qt 5)](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5),
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* [development releases (based on Qt 5)](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5-git),
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+ alternative downloads:
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* Archlinux AUR packages - [stable-qt5](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rssguard/).
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Note that packages from OBS are not meant to be used in production. Rely on "official" packages for you Linux distro made by your Linux distro maintainers.
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### Mac OS X
# I am looking for someone technically able to compile RSS Guard for Mac OS X. It supports Mac OS X, but I don't have Mac to compile it. Write me an e-mail if you want to become RSS Guard maintainer for Mac OS X.
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![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,
* 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:
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* **support for online feed synchronization via plugins**,
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* Tiny Tiny RSS (from RSS Guard 3.0.0),
* ownCloud News (from RSS Guard 3.1.0).
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* multiplatformity,
* support for all feed formats,
* simplicity,
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* import/export of feeds to/from OPML 2.0,
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* downloader with own tab and support for up to 6 parallel downloads,
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* message filter with regular expressions,
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* feed metadata fetching including icons,
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* no crazy dependencies,
* small memory footprint,
* small installation package,
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* ability to cleanup internal message database with various options,
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* enhanced feed auto-updating with separate time intervals,
* multiple data backend support,
* SQLite (in-memory DBs too),
* MySQL.
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* is able to specify target database by its name (MySQL backend),
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* “portable” mode support with clever auto-detection,
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* feed categorization,
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* drap-n-drop for feed list,
* automatic checking for updates,
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* full support of podcasts (both RSS & ATOM),
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* ability to backup/restore database or settings,
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* fully-featured recycle bin,
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* 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),
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* ability to check for updates on all platforms + self-updating on Windows,
* hideable main menu, toolbars and list headers,
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* KFeanza-based default icon theme + ability to create your own icon themes,
* fully skinnable user interface + ability to create your own skins,
* “newspaper” view,
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* plenty of skins,
* support for "feed://" URI scheme,
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* 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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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.