Download RSS Guard Version 4.7.4 for Enhanced RSS Management

RSS Guard is an efficient and user-friendly feed reader that supports the most popular feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM. Best of all, it’s free and open-source. Currently, RSS Guard is available in multiple languages, including Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian. Notably, RSS Guard operates independently, meaning it does not rely on external services or online news aggregators like Feedly and The Old Reader.

RSS Guard is built on the powerful Qt library and supports the following operating systems:

Windows
GNU/Linux
OS/2 (eComStation)
Mac OS X
xBSD (possibly)
Android (possibly)
Other platforms supported by Qt

Key features of RSS Guard include:

Online feed synchronization via plugins
Integration with Tiny Tiny RSS (from RSS Guard version 3.0.0)
Multi-platform support
Compatibility with all feed formats
User-friendly interface
Import/export of feeds in OPML 2.0 format
Downloader supporting up to 6 parallel downloads
Message filtering with regular expressions
Fetching feed metadata, including icons
Basic Adblock functionality
Customizable popup notifications
Google-based auto-completion for the internal web browser location bar
Database cleanup options for the internal message database
Enhanced feed auto-updating capabilities with separate time intervals
Support for multiple data backends
SQLite (including in-memory databases)
MySQL support with the option to specify target database names
“Portable” mode with automatic detection
Feed categorization features
Drag-and-drop functionality for the feed list
Automatic update checks
Discovery of existing feeds on websites
Full support for podcasts (RSS & ATOM)
Database and settings backup/restore functionality
Fully-featured recycle bin
Message and webpage printing capabilities
Complete keyboard control
Feed authentication methods (Digest-MD5, BASIC, NTLM-2)
Handles a large number of messages and feeds
Sleek and appealing design
Completely customizable toolbars
Update checks on all platforms, with self-update on Windows
Customizable visibility for menus and toolbars
KFeanza-based default icon theme, with options for custom themes
Fully skinnable user interface with the ability to create personal skins
“Newspaper” view mode
Wide range of available skins
Support for the “feed://”URI scheme
Option to hide the feed/categories list
Open-source development model under GNU GPL license (version 3)
Tabbed interface for easier navigation
Integrated web browser with adjustable settings, plus external browser support
Mouse gesture support for the internal web browser
Desktop integration via a tray icon
Localizations available in several languages
Qt library is the sole dependency
Welcoming open-source development model with feedback encouraged
No advertisements, no hidden charges

What’s New in RSS Guard 4.7.4:

Added:

The priority of working threads for fetching feeds has been lowered to “low”for improved GUI responsiveness during feed retrieval. (#1497)
Users can now set the user-agent from settings. (#1471)

Fixed:

Improved display for JavaScript alerts.
Removed some debugging code. (#1506)
“Browse”buttons in the Node.js settings section now function correctly. (#1483)
Article filters will no longer be assigned multiple times via the GUI. (#1503)
Resolved crash issues in the built-in file downloader. (#1495, potentially #1485 and #1487)
Corrected errors in SQL code. (#1489)
Disabled toast notifications on Linux/Wayland due to lack of support. (#1494)
Fixed various monitor-related bugs by updating Qt to a newer version. (#1479)
Refined extraction process. (#1477)
Added support for more date/time formats. (#1478)
Updated language translations.