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RSS Guard

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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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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • CZ flagCzechia
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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4.4 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Standalone
  2.  Feed Reader
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Import/Export OPML Feeds
  5.  Multiple Account support
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  Cloud Sync
  10.  Integrated Web Browser
  11.  Email Notifications
  12.  Proxy support
  13.  Tabbed interface
  14.  Podcast Subscription
  15.  Notifications
  16. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
  17.  Multiple languages
  18. Nextcloud icon  Sync with Nextcloud

 Tags

  • RSS
  • nextcloud-news
  • gmail-client
  • inoreader-client
  • article-filter
  • tiny-tiny-rss-client
  • scriptable-message-filtering
  • Atom
  • News
  • inoreader

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RSS Guard information

  • Developed by

    CZ flagMartin Rotter

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.4

  • Alternatives

    231 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  1,927 Stars
  •  140 Forks
  •  201 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 17, 2025 
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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about RSS Guard, and it has gotten 52 likes

RSS Guard was added to AlternativeTo by Kahlil88 on Mar 21, 2013 and this page was last updated Sep 8, 2024. RSS Guard is sometimes referred to as RSSG.

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Azazel
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•Jul 7, 2023
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lightweight, stable, customizable

Duncan Briggs
•Jan 25, 2025
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I just installed RSS Guard, but when I try to open it, I get the error message, "'RSS Guard' Not Opened. Apple could not verify 'RSS Guard' is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy."

https://discord.com/channels/893397080222097418/893397080222097421/1332522831774486562

Kelson V
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•Jan 23, 2024
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Cross-platform, solid on Windows, Mac and Linux, doesn't chew up resources. Local app, won't track you, but you can optionally sync across devices using several cloud services.

Extremely customizable. You can choose a specific web browser to open posts externally, and can set up other applications on the system as tools that can open article urls. Sync the list of feeds separately from the articles in them. Sync with more than one cloud service. Even change the database backend. But all that comes at the cost of clutter. If you're the kind of person who likes to set things up just right rather than stick with the basics, this is the one to go with.

Note: If you want to use it with Nextcloud News icon Nextcloud News , be sure to assign an app-specific password for RSS Guard, or it can overwhelm your server while syncing.

Zidan Pragata
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•Sep 4, 2021
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light enough and powerful, but the feature that I am interested in is not yet available, namely TTS.. if you're working with a computer it would be very inconvenient to always read, but at the same time our ears are not used..

Visuex
•Oct 24, 2018
4

Edit = Based on the comment below, this is no longer an issue.

RSS Guard is currently looking for a new developer as the founder has lost interest. Proceed with caution.

rottermartinos
•Dec 1, 2020

Not true, anymore. I am still leading RSS Guard to glory and I will for years coming.

Visuex
•Sep 8, 2021

That is fantastic news! Thanks for clarifying 😎👍

What is RSS Guard?

RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization with these features:

support for online feed synchronization via plugins, • Tiny Tiny RSS (RSS Guard 3.0.0+), • Nextcloud News (RSS Guard 3.1.0+), • Inoreader (RSS Guard 3.5.0+), • Gmail with e-mail sending (RSS Guard 3.7.1+).

core: • support for all feed formats (RSS/RDF/ATOM/JSON), • full support of podcasts (RSS/ATOM/JSON), • import/export of feeds to/from OPML 2.0, • possibility of using custom 3rd-party feed synchronization services, • feed metadata fetching including icons, • simple internal Chromium-based web viewer (or alternative version with simpler and much more lightweight internal viewer), • scriptable message filtering, • downloader with own tab and support for up to 6 parallel downloads, • ability to cleanup internal message database with various options, • enhanced feed auto-updating with separate time intervals, • "portable" mode support with clever auto-detection, • feed categorization, • feed authentication (BASIC), • handles tons of messages & feeds, • ability to backup/restore database or settings, • fully-featured recycle bin, • multiple data backend support: SQLite (in-memory DBs too), MySQL, • ability to specify target database by its name (MySQL backend), • support for feed:// URI scheme.

user interface: • message list filter with regular expressions, • drag-n-drop for feed list, • able to show unread feeds/messages only, • can be controlled via keyboard, • fully adjustable toolbars (changeable buttons and style), • hideable main menu, toolbars and list headers, • bundled icon themes (Numix & Papirus), • fully skinable user interface + ability to create your own skins, • newspaper view, • tabbed interface, • ability to hide list of feeds/categories, • desktop integration via tray icon, • localizations to some languages, • ability to tweak columns in displayed list of messages.

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