RSSOwl for Windows 2.0

4.4 out of 5 stars 4.4 (83 votes)

(October 24, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Open Source / 5,616 downloads

RSSOwl is a free RSS and RDF newsreader written in Java using SWT as graphic library. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary") is a document specification that gives users the power to collect and organize Web-based news and information in a more efficient manner. Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators". It is such an application. It lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more.

  • Publisher

    Benjamin Pasero

  • Homepage

    RSSOwl

  • Requirements

    Java 5.0-6.0

  • Latest Changes

    - Change the displayed Columns and Sorting per feed

    - Modify News from the Embedded Browser

    - Fully Customizable Toolbar

    - Powerful Import and Export of Feeds and Settings

    - Share Feeds and News with others

    - Support for Podcasts

  • Other Versions

    RSSOwl for Mac OS X

    RSSOwl for Linux

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    digitalking

    Reviewing 2.0 Milestone 8a (Dec 17, 2008)

    Milestone 9 out.
    http://www.rssowl.org/no...54e1a64f8b0e43f6d988af6

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    digitalking

    Reviewing 2.0 Milestone 8 (Apr 24, 2008)

    Better than FeedDemon in my opinion. Less memory, works offline, font size and style is more accessible, seems to load up news items faster when clicking on them. After doing a search, it brings up a window that lets you easily see all of the results in a great layout. Offers a portable solution that FeedDemon doesn't. Doesn't push a service like NewsGator on you. If you are a FeedDemon user, you have to give this a try. RSSBandit looks similar to this product, but is just not quite up to par with RSSOwl's speed.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    jk-

    Reviewing 2.0 Milestone 5a Preview (Mar 27, 2007)

    Hey todd, Why pay 50$ for similar software when this is open source and free? In fact, any good person should boycot commercial software altogether.

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Todd 13

    Reviewing 1.2.3 RC1 (Oct 31, 2006)

    Doesn't hold a candle to Omea Reader, and the tray notification looks like my daughter designed it.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    morganp

    Reviewing 1.2.3 RC1 (Oct 31, 2006)

    While FeedDemon is my RSS aggregator of choice I think RSSOwl is a superb product. It kills the age old sayings that Java is slow as it is easily as fast as any other native application. It has nice little features that other clients do not have such as exporting an article to PDF.

    Great product that is in very active development. If you are looking for a free RSS reader this is a great place to start looking. It is a much better experience than you get using RSS on Firefox or IE7.

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