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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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# **PLEASE, ALL USERS -> fill [this survey](http://goo.gl/forms/GcvPYgS2a8).**
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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),
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    * 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),
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    * MySQL.
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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).
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[](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)
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* 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),
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* [RSS channel at Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/feed/rssguard/msgs/rss_v2_0.xml?num=50),
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* [RSS channel at BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/rss),
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* [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.
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* **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
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* [all downloads](https://bitbucket.org/skunkos/rssguard/downloads).
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* alternative downloads
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[](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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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:
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* Windows XP and newer,
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* GNU/Linux,
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* Mac OS X,
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* xBSD (possibly),
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* Android (possibly),
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* other platforms supported by Qt.
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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),
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    * ownCloud News (from RSS Guard 3.1.0).
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* multiplatformity,
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* support for all feed formats,
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* 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,
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* small memory footprint,
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* 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,
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* multiple data backend support,
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    * SQLite (in-memory DBs too),
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    * 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,
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* 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,
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* feed authentication (Digest-MD5, BASIC, NTLM-2),
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* handles tons of messages & feeds,
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* sweet look & feel,
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* fully adjustable toolbars (changeable buttons and style),
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* ability to check for updates on all platforms + self-updating on Windows,
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* hideable main menu, toolbars and list headers,
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* KFeanza-based default icon theme + ability to create your own icon themes,
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* fully skinnable user interface + ability to create your own skins,
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* “newspaper” view,
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* plenty of skins,
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* support for "feed://" URI scheme,
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* ability to hide list of feeds/categories,
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* open-source development model based on GNU GPL license, version 3,
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* tabbed interface,
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* desktop integration via tray icon,
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* localizations to some languages,
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* Qt library is the only dependency,
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* open-source development model and friendly author waiting for your feedback,
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* 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. |