QuiteRSS is an open source cross-platform news aggregator for RSS and Atom news feeds. It’s Qt5 based.
The software offers two layout modes – classic and newspaper. The classic layout has a three-panel view for the feed list, posts and browser.
QuiteRSS stores its data in an SQLite database.
The software is released under an open source license.
Key Features
- Feed and news filters: new, unread, starred, deleted (for news until restart application).
- User filters.
- Tabbed browsing.
- Import/export of OPML feeds.
- Basic web browsing functions with its embedded browser.
- Adblocking.
- Tags.
- System tray integration.
- Enable/Disable images in news preview.
- High DPI support.
- Internationalization support with translations for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
- Proxy configuration: automatic or manual.
- SSL-certificate checks.
- Cross platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Windows, and OS/2.
Website: github.com/QuiteRSS/quiterss
Support:
Developer: Aleksey Khokhryakov, Shilyaev Egor and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

QuiteRSS is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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