RSS Guard ========= [![AUR](https://badge.fury.io/gh/martinrotter%2Frssguard.svg)](#) [![AUR](https://img.shields.io/aur/votes/rssguard.svg?maxAge=3600)](#) [![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/martinrotter/rssguard.svg?maxAge=360)](#) [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/martinrotter/rssguard.svg?maxAge=360000)](#) [![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/maintenance/yes/2016.svg?maxAge=2592000)](#) Welcome to RSS Guard website. You can find here basic information. RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization. Core features are: * **support for online feed synchronization via plugins**, * Tiny Tiny RSS (from RSS Guard 3.0.0), * ownCloud News (from RSS Guard 3.1.0). * multiplatformity, * multiple data backend support. * SQLite (in-memory DBs too), * MySQL. See below for more information about features and other RSS Guard aspects. - - - Contacts -------- * [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.). - - - Donate ------ 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) * Eloi Garibaldi B. * Jacob S. I say "thank you" for all your support, donators. - - - Feeds & Videos ----- * [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). - - - Thanks to ----- * **Elbert Pol** - huge contrubutions, including translating and testing in OS/2 environment. * **Asen Anastassov** - testing, providing great feedback. * **eson** - rock-solid translation into Sweden language. - - - Downloads --------- * [official downloads](https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases), * alternative downloads: * [Archlinux AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rssguard/), * [OBS/stable releases](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5), * [OBS/development releases](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Askunkos%3Arssguard&package=rssguard-qt5-git). [![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) 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. ![RSS Guard is 100% clean.](http://www.softpedia.com/_img/softpedia_100_free.png) - - - Features -------- 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: * **support for online feed synchronization via plugins**, * Tiny Tiny RSS (from RSS Guard 3.0.0), * ownCloud News (from RSS Guard 3.1.0). * multiplatformity, * support for all feed formats, * simple internal Chromium-based web 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, * 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, * full support of podcasts (both RSS & ATOM), * ability to backup/restore database or settings, * fully-featured recycle bin, * 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, * 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. - - - Philosophy ---------- RSS Guard tends to be independent software. It's free, it's open-source. RSS Guard accepts donations but only to SUPPORT its development.