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RSS Guard
Developer(s)Martin Rotter
Stable release
4.7.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 September 2024
Repository
Written inC++ and Qt (software)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, OS/2, BSD
TypeNews aggregator
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Websitegithub.com/martinrotter/rssguard Edit this on Wikidata

RSS Guard is a free and open-source news aggregator for web feeds and podcasts. It is written in C++ and uses Qt, which allows it to fit with the look and feel of different operating systems while remaining cross-platform. It includes a file downloader, advanced network proxy configuration, and supports external media viewing tools.

RSS Guard is released under the GPL-3.0-only license and is available for Windows, macOS, OS/2 and various Linux distributions.

Features

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Supported formats

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The feed formats supported by RSS Guard are RSS/RDF, Atom, and JSON Feed.[2]

RSS Guard can synchronize data with online feed services[3] Tiny Tiny RSS, Nextcloud News, Feedly, Inoreader, feed readers which use Google Reader's API such as FreshRSS, The Old Reader, and Bazqux. The application may also act as a simple e-mail client for Gmail.[4][5]

Other features

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RSS Guard can mark articles as read, unread, and important. Both article and feed lists can be filtered using regular expressions.[6]

Time intervals for fetching feeds are configurable, and, through feed settings, they can be adjusted for each feed separately.[7]

Scriptable article filtering and website scraping

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RSS Guard is bundled with JavaScript engine which is used to write article filters - small scripts which define how the application should react when new article is downloaded.[8]

RSS Guard also provides unified way of executing custom programs, which gives another way to modify raw feed data or even generate it, scraping the data from websites that do not offer a regular feed.[9]

User interface

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The application's toolbar and status bar are highly customizable.[10][11] They can also be hidden, making RSS Guard look very minimalistic.[12] When in a horizontal layout, the articles viewer of RSS Guard is placed to the right side of the articles list.[13]

RSS Guard supports skins. Light and dark skins are available by default.[14]

Database

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Feed data can be stored using SQLite or MariaDB. RSS Guard also supports the ability to import and export the database file and settings configuration to/from OPML 2.0.[15][16]

Recycle bin

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RSS Guard has its own recycle bin to prevent the accidental loss of saved articles.[17] After emptying the recycle bin, removed articles will not appear in the list even after fetching. The actual deletion of articles, along with their cache, from the database should be done with the built-in database cleaning tool.

Versions

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RSS Guard offers two different versions:

  • Standard version with embedded web viewer and a web browser for accessing content[18]
  • Lightweight version with simple text-based viewer

Localizations

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RSS Guard has been translated into many languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Release 4.7.4". 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. ^ "RSS Guard is a Qt Desktop RSS Feed Reader With Support For Syncing With Feedly, Google Reader API and more". Linux Uprising Blog. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "RSS Guard: open source feed reader with optional online feed syncing". gHacks. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  4. ^ "RSS Guard Feed Reader 3.8.0 Released with Labels Support | UbuntuHandbook". ubuntuhandbook.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Top 10 free open-source RSS Feed Readers for macOS". MeDEVEL.com. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "RSS Guard: open source feed reader with optional online feed syncing". gHacks. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  7. ^ "RSS Guard Feed Reader 3.4.1 Released with New Features". Tips on Ubuntu. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "RSS Guard Feed Reader 3.4.1 Released with New Features". Tips on Ubuntu. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. ^ "RSS Guard Feed Reader 3.4.1 Released with New Features". Tips on Ubuntu. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. ^ "RSS Guard: open source feed reader with optional online feed syncing". gHacks. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  11. ^ "RSS Guard is a new cross-platform desktop RSS Reader - gHacks Tech News". gHacks Technology News. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ K., Jinson (20 March 2021). "RSS Guard 3.9.0, a desktop RSS feed reader for Ubuntu". Techies Tech Guide. Retrieved 10 August 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "9 Best Free Open Source RSS Reader Software For Windows". Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  14. ^ "RSS Guard: open source feed reader with optional online feed syncing". gHacks. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  15. ^ Kumar, Ambarish (11 April 2018). "6 Best Feed Reader Apps for Linux Desktop in 2021". itsfoss.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  16. ^ "RSS Guard 3.7.2". Neowin. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. ^ A, Damián (2017-07-19). "RSS Guard 3.4.1, feed reader with new features". Ubunlog. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  18. ^ "RSS Guard 3.9.2". softpedia. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  19. ^ "The RSS Guard translation project on Transifex". www.transifex.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
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