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RSS Guard v5.2.0

👉 Cross-platform open-source feed reader for RSS, ATOM, JSON and podcast feeds.

RSS Guard is a lightweight yet powerful feed reader designed for reading and managing RSS, ATOM, JSON, and podcast feeds in one place. It provides a clean and organized interface that allows users to subscribe to multiple feeds, categorize them, and read articles efficiently. RSS Guard supports both local feed management and synchronization with several online services, making it suitable for users who want to keep track of news, blogs, podcasts, and other syndicated content across multiple devices.

The application includes a built-in feed downloader, powerful filtering options, customizable article views, and a flexible plugin architecture. RSS Guard also features advanced feed management tools such as article labeling, filtering rules, and automatic feed updates. Its modular design and open-source nature allow for extensive customization and long-term flexibility, making it a strong choice for users who prefer a privacy-friendly alternative to cloud-based feed readers.




Features:
• Supports RSS, ATOM, and JSON feed formats
• Built-in podcast support with episode management
• Feed synchronization with supported online services
• Customizable article viewer and reading layout
• Powerful filtering and feed processing rules
• Feed categories and organizational tools
• Built-in feed downloader with automatic updates
• Article labeling and tagging options
• Plugin-based architecture for extended functionality
• OPML import and export for feed migration
• Notification system for new feed items
• Open-source and privacy-focused design

Supported operating systems:
• Windows 10, Windows 11
• macOS
• Linux

Supported languages:
English, Czech, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish

Changes:
v5.1.0 04-30-26
Added:
Feed auto-fetch can now also be delayed while Feral GameMode is active on Linux and startup auto-fetch is skipped when GameMode is already active. (#2265)
WebEngine builds can now use RSS Guard generated proxy auto-config (PAC) rules so article/web browsing follows per-account and per-feed proxy settings more closely. (#2273)
Generated PAC rules now also cover related subdomains and use Public Suffix List data, so feeds such as feeds.bbc.co.uk can also proxy resources from images.bbc.co.uk. (#2273)
Standard feeds can now define extra proxy domains, useful when article images, stylesheets or other page resources are loaded from a CDN or another domain that should use the same feed proxy. (#2273)
RSS Guard now asks for proxy credentials when a WebEngine page needs proxy authentication and can fill credentials from the current feed proxy when available. (#2273)
Network settings again include an option to ignore all cookies, which clears stored cookies and prevents new cookies from being accepted.
Standard RSS/ATOM feeds can now individually ignore cookies while downloading feed data.
Stored cookies can now be deleted from the Tools menu.
Custom skin colors can now override the feed list article count color separately from feed titles, including a separate highlighted color. (#2275)
Settings dialog can now search across available settings and highlight matching controls. (#1754)
Standard RSS/ATOM feeds can now optionally be reported as broken when they are valid but contain no articles. (#2039)
Standard RSS/ATOM feeds can now override the application-wide feed connection timeout per feed. (#1023)
Tray icon can now use a custom background color and unread-count text color, with an option to reuse the generated icon as the application icon. (#1973)
Support for more benevolent parsing of Gemlog entries (#2295).
Article list can now show when an article was received by RSS Guard. (#947)
Feed deep discovery now actually scrapes all links found in the website and checks if they are feeds or not. This greatly enhances usability of the deep discovery mode and discovers many more feeds than before. (#2306)
Search boxes now show a small dot when the feed or article list is hiding some items because of active filtering. (#873)
Articles now have a shortcut-assignable action to open the homepage of the feed they belong to. (#2060)

Fixed:
Parallel feed updates no longer crash when multiple update results are processed at the same time. (64cf521)
Links in WebEngine articles opened from feeds such as Kill the Newsletter now open correctly instead of being swallowed by the embedded page. (#2272)
Relative article URLs resolution was kinda broken. (#2282)
Clicking article URL did not work when the URL had "fragment" set. (#2293)
The default proxy setting now uses Qt/system default proxy behavior instead of forcing no proxy. (e0263ad)
WebEngine article loading now keeps the current feed context, so feed-specific proxy credentials remain available while the article page loads. (fdd0f00)





Note: Downloads are now split into viewer-specific variants, so you can choose either the lighter text-based viewer or the fuller WebEngine-based viewer.

This download is for the Windows 10/11 text-based installer version (very bottom of page).
All other download assets are below:



Other Windows text-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt6-win10.7z
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt5-win7.exe
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt5-win7.7z

Windows WebEngine-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt6-win10.exe
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt6-win10.7z
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt5-win7.exe
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt5-win7.7z

macOS text-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt6-mac64.dmg

macOS WebEngine-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt6-mac64.dmg

Linux text-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt6-linux64.AppImage
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt6-linux64.AppImage.zsync
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt5-linux64.AppImage
rssguard-5.2.0-text-qt5-linux64.AppImage.zsync

Linux WebEngine-based:
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt6-linux64.AppImage
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt6-linux64.AppImage.zsync
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt5-linux64.AppImage
rssguard-5.2.0-web-qt5-linux64.AppImage.zsync


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Downloads Views Developer Last Update Version Size Type Rank
5,697 13,766 Martin Rotter Jun 24, 2026 - 12:25 5.2.0 131.82MB EXE 5/5, out of 98 Votes.
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