RSS Guard

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2024-10-24

What is RSS Guard?

RSS Guard [github.com/martinrotter/rssguard] is a free local RSS client available for "Windows, Linux, BSD, OS/2 [and] macOS." It's one of the best desktop feed readers, with a lot of features and polish.

Screenshots

A window titled [200] RSS Guard 4.7.4. In it, a left pane with a list of feeds in nested folders. A folder called "Labels" with an item "Interesting Articles" inside. A group called "Regex queries" with "(good|great) news" inside. An item for important articles, unread articles, and a recycle bin. On the right, two horizontal panes, one on top of the other: a tabular list of articles on the top, and the contents of the selected article at the bottom. — A screenshot of RSS Guard displaying an article in its built-in web browser.

A dialog window titled "Discover feeds." It has a field "URL," value: www.virtualcuriosities.com. A button reads "Discover!" An unchecked checkbox: Recursive discovery (can take some time for bigger websites). A frame (discovered feeds). Target parent folder: Me (RSS/ATOM/JSON). Two buttons for the list: Select all, unselect all. A list with two columns, Title and Type. Six items: Virtual Curiosities (feed), type: RDF (RSS 1.0). Same title, type: RSS 2.0/2.0.1. Comments for Virtual Curiosities (feed), same type. Virtual curiosities (feed), same type. Same title and same type. Same title, type: ATOM 1.0. Two buttons: "Add single feed with advanced details" and "Import checked feeds." Two buttons at the end of the dialog: "Switch to advanced mode" and "Close." — The "Discover feeds" dialog of RSS Guard, showing feeds discovered from a URL.