Fluent Reader vs RSS Guard: catalog facts
 Fluent Reader |  RSS Guard |
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Free Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Microsoft Store and Mac App Store… |
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. |
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Windows, macOS, Linux |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
- Works fully locally, or syncs with Inoreader, Feedbin, Fever and Google Reader API services
- Regular expression rules that hide, mark read or star articles automatically as they arrive
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- Client for Feedly, Inoreader, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News and more
- Built-in mpv-based podcast player for audio and video
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- Electron, so it is heavy for a feed reader
- The Microsoft Store version is recommended for auto-update; GitHub builds update manually
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- The interface exposes a great deal at once
- A desktop program, so there is no syncing unless you use a service account
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Downloadable app |
Downloadable app |
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Open source |
Open source |
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License: BSD-3-Clause |
License: GPL-3.0 |
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No account needed |
No account needed |
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Works offline |
Works offline |
Checked September 21, 2026 | Checked September 21, 2026 |
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