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  • Free and Open Source HR Software Icon
    Free and Open Source HR Software

    OrangeHRM provides a world-class HRIS experience and offers everything you and your team need to be that HR hero you know that you are.

    Give your HR team the tools they need to streamline administrative tasks, support employees, and make informed decisions with the OrangeHRM free and open source HR software.
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  • My Member Software is the downloadable open source member administration program. Icon
    My Member Software is the downloadable open source member administration program.

    Organizations in need of a powerful Association Management solution

    My Member Software is User friendly frontend member administration, open source and downloadable. Associations, Clubs, Foundations and even companies can administrate their members and it is integrated in the CMS Joomla, but can also run beside a Wordpress or Drupal website. Member administration independend on time and place! Available in a do-it-yourself version or with us included, for a hassle free complete setup. We are also looking for partnerships with Accounting firms and webdesigners.
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    Vienna

    Vienna

    An open source Mac OSX RSS reader with support for RSS/Atom feeds

    Vienna is an open source Mac OSX RSS reader with support for RSS/Atom feeds, article storage and management via a SQLite database, written in Objective-C and Cocoa. Feeds can be accessed directly, or through a syncing service supporting the Open Reader API, like BazQux.com, FeedHQ.org, InoReader.com or TheOldReader.com. Development now happens on GitHub: https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss
    Downloads: 128 This Week
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    RSS-Bridge

    RSS-Bridge

    The RSS feed for websites missing it

    The RSS feed for websites missing it.
    Downloads: 16 This Week
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    NewsBlur

    NewsBlur

    NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together

    NewsBlur is an open-source, full-stack RSS news reader and social reading platform with a hosted service and native clients. The backend crawls and parses feeds at scale, stores stories, and pushes updates to users in near real time, while the web app and mobile apps provide rich reading experiences. Its hallmark is “training”: you can tell the system what you like or dislike—authors, keywords, tags—and it prioritizes stories accordingly, surfacing what matters most. Features like saved stories, tagging, full-text search, and offline reading make it practical for heavy information consumers. Social elements allow sharing to your own “blurblog,” following friends, and discovering curated content, which turns a solitary reader into a lightweight network. Architecturally, it demonstrates a production-ready aggregation pipeline, a multi-tenant web app, and cross-platform clients living in one coherent codebase.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    AniVu

    AniVu

    All-in-one Android app for RSS, BitTorrent dl & play

    AniVu, is an all-in-one tool for RSS subscription and updates, bit torrent downloads, and video playback. AniVu utilizes the MVI architecture and fully adopts the Material You design style. All pages are developed using Jetpack Compose.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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  • All-in-one Home Care Management System designed to improve efficiency, productivity, capacity, and compliance. Icon
    All-in-one Home Care Management System designed to improve efficiency, productivity, capacity, and compliance.

    Live call monitoring, rostering, eMAR.

    CareLineLive is an all-in-one cloud-based home care management software founded in 2014 by Josh Hough, who serves as Managing Director. The company is part of MAS Technicae Group and received majority investment from Accel-KKR in June 2025.
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    iTorrent allows you to download BitTorrent podcasts from iTunes. It transforms BitTorrent podcasts so that you can update them just like any other podcast in iTunes.
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    Downloads: 24 This Week
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    RSS Builder is an easy to use program for creating and publishing news feeds and podcasts. You can use local RSS files, but there is also an option to edit the RSS feeds on your web site without keeping a local copy.
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    Downloads: 51 This Week
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    FeedKit

    FeedKit

    An RSS, Atom and JSON Feed parser written in Swift

    FeedKit is an RSS, Atom and JSON Feed parser written in Swift. Build a URL pointing to an RSS, Atom or JSON Feed. A common scenario in UI environments would be parsing a feed asynchronously from a user-initiated action, such as the touch of a button. Remember, you are responsible for manually bringing the resulting closure to whichever queue is appropriate. Usually to the Main thread, for UI apps, by calling DispatchQueue.main.async. FeedKit adopts Swift 5 Result type, as Result<Feed, ParserError>, and as such, if parsing succeeds you should now have a Strongly Typed Model of an RSS, Atom or JSON Feed, within the Feed enum. The RSS and Atom feed Models are rather extensive throughout the supported namespaces.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    NetNewsWire

    NetNewsWire

    RSS reader for macOS and iOS

    NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. This means you can stop going from page to page in your browser looking for new articles to read. Do it the easy way instead: let NetNewsWire bring you the news. And, if you’ve been getting your news via Facebook and Twitter, with their ads, algorithms, user tracking, outrage, and misinformation, you can switch to NetNewsWire to get news directly and more reliably from the sites you trust.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Podcast Generator

    Podcast Generator

    Open Source Podcast Publishing Solution

    Podcast Generator is an open source Content Management System written in PHP and specifically designed for podcast publishing. It provides the user with the tools to easily manage all of the aspects related to the publication of a podcast, from the upload of episodes to its submission to the iTunes store.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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  • Propel Software: Product Value Management Platform for Manufacturers Icon
    Propel Software: Product Value Management Platform for Manufacturers

    For modern product companies that need to connect product and commercial teams successfully

    Propel is a cloud-native Product Value Management platform that unifies PLM, QMS, and PIM in one connected system, giving manufacturers complete visibility and control across the entire product lifecycle. It provides a single source of truth for all product data, streamlines change management, strengthens quality and compliance processes, and accelerates time-to-market by eliminating the silos and manual steps that slow teams down.
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    MagpieRSS is a simple, functional PHP inteface for parsing RSS 1.0 (and earlier versions). Built on PHP's XML (expat) parser, and with an integrated cache for storing the parsed RSS objects, Magpie is designed by simple, and 'PHP-like' to use.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    XFeed is a CGI/Perl program designed to develop RSS Feeds-supported XML documents. XML-DOM oriented simple suggestion to create your own RSS Feeds.
    Downloads: 10 This Week
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    RSS Reader is a mobile J2ME (Java ME) app. that runs on Java enabled phones. User can store multiple RSS/ATOM feeds as bookmarks. Can import from OPLM file or HTML file with links. Can read offline. MIDP 2.0/some MIDP 1.0. Specify which MIDP w/issue
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    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Easy Feed Editor
    ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT ENDED IN 2011. Use Easy Feed Editor to create your own feed. Easy Feed Editor supports both RSS and ATOM.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    The project Navigator aims at supporting automated gathering of dynamic information from third party web sites, using their web interface to post queries and to gather replies. Navigator is written in OS-independent java language.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Galleon is a home media server using TiVo's discontinued HME protocol. It only works on TiVo versions earlier than 20.7.2. The project is not actively maintained. If you want to maintain it, contact the admins.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    ssRSS (Super Simple RSS) is a lightweight rss creation tool, which runs on all Windows systems, does not require .NET or any other similar stuff. Based on original work by Hunter Davis (http://www.hunterdavis.com/)
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Feed Launch .NET

    Feed Launch .NET

    Feed Launch .NET is a feed editor for RSS 2.0 and ATOM 1.0 feeds.

    Feed Launch .NET is an open-source feed editor for RSS 2.0 and ATOM 1.0 Feeds. Full graphical interface allows for seamless feed management and feed creation, including uploading feeds via FTP. Feeds are automatically saved in XML format. Project released under GPL.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    JeCARS (Java Extendable Contents And Rights System) is a RESTful webservice which delivers pluggable output formats, e.g. Atom feeds or HTML. Third party applications can be plugged in. A JCR (JSR-170) repository (Jackrabbit) is used for storage.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    RSS Event Manager

    Allows you to submit events to an RSS feed via rest api (http post)

    This tool was originally written to replace the massive amounts of email sent out by automated build scripts. Once this tool is deployed to a server, your scripts can simply use a HTTP Post to submit events, and users can subscribe to the RSS feed to receive updates, instead of receiving an email for each event. It is trivial to add a new feed, and using http to submit events means that firewalls are (usually) not a concern.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    A simple console RSS aggregator that sends news items by email.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Search though multiple (configurable) information sources at once: results are presented side-by-side. Intended to support all information sources that implement OpenSearch, and more.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    ARADO - URL Database & RSS Feed Reader
    ARADO RSS Feed Reader is a URL Database for Websearch and RSS Feed Reading, which saves your added Bookmarks & RSS-Feeds and syncs newest URLs with your connected devices. Store and Search your all your URLs in ARADO. As framework c++ / Qt is used.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    AXYZ

    AXYZ

    Newsfeed aggregator

    The article explains the design and the characteristics of a new open source content aggregation system. Among the features of the program, stands out a new processing engine of syndication channels, monitoring capability of information recovery in real time, the possibilities of the configuration of aggregator behavior, automatic classification of contents and new models for representation of information from relational interactive maps. On the other hand, the aggregation program, which named AXYZ, is designed to manage thousands of syndication channels of RSS format. Furthermore it also provides statistics that can be used to study the production of any producer subject and the impact of the information that published in other sources. The result that has been obtained in the research, allow to create modules capable of compare the relationship between different news or information from different sources, their degree of influence and their detection by the patterns.
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    Aggregated4 is an open-source, news aggregator. It is planned to [initially] support RSS (versions 0.9 to 2.0, and further if applicable), Atom (0.3 to 1.0, and further if applicable), and in subsequent releases podcast catching, Torrent downloads, etc.
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    Agrumelaire : An RSS Aggregator with Bayesian Learning System. Produces an RSS feed from a set of existing feeds. Items are categorized according to the reader's interests. Resulting feed is accessible from any standard RSS client application.
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Open Source RSS Software Guide

Open source RSS software (also known variously as news readers, feed readers, or simply "RSS" for short) is a type of software that allows users to view content from various websites in one convenient location. The software uses an RSS feed—essentially an XML file containing data about the website’s news items, blog posts, videos, images and other media updates—to aggregate all these different sources of information into one spot. This makes it easy for people to check for updates from several sources at once, without having to visit each site individually.

One major advantage of open source RSS software is that it can be freely modified and redistributed by anyone who has access to the original code. Unlike proprietary solutions which limit user customization and control over the product, open source RSS solutions allow users to modify the code in any way they need in order to meet their own specific needs. In addition, there are often no license cost associated with open source solutions meaning that cost savings can be made compared to purchasing commercial solutions.

There are several popular open source RSS software packages available on the market today including FeedReader (Windows), Liferea (Linux), Vienna (Mac OS X) and Tiny Tiny RSS (web-based). Each solution provides its own unique set of features but all aim to provide a simple yet powerful tool for staying up-to-date with your favorite websites and blogs. Some key features common among most solutions include: subscribing/unsubscribing from feeds; sorting/organizing feeds by topics or tags; adding/removing filters; full-text search capabilities; support for notifications when new items appear in subscribed feeds; ability to share items between multiple users; browser integration; publishing tools allowing you to export feed contents in different formats such as HTML or Atom/XML etc.

Open source RSS clients may not always have as many bells and whistles as a paid version does but if you only need basic functionality then they make a great choice for keeping up-to-date with what's happening across multiple sites at once.

Features Provided by Open Source RSS Software

  • Article Aggregation: Open source RSS software allows users to quickly and easily aggregate articles from multiple sources into one feed. This eliminates the need for manual collection of news updates from various sites, saving time and energy that can be better spent elsewhere.
  • Customizable Feeds: Many open source RSS programs provide users with customizable feeds, allowing them to tailor their feed to their specific interests or needs. This allows readers to have a personalized experience that is tailored especially for them.
  • Filtering Capabilities: With some open source RSS software, users are able to filter out content they deem irrelevant or undesirable in their feeds. By setting up certain criteria such as keywords, topics of interest, authors, etc., unnecessary content can be eliminated from the feed for an even more personalized experience.
  • Scheduled Delivery: Some open source RSS programs offer scheduled delivery options so that readers will receive notifications when new content is available on their chosen topics at predetermined times throughout the day. This feature not only helps keep readers updated with timely information but also helps conserve resources by preventing unnecessary data transfer whenever possible.
  • User Profiles: Open source RSS software usually provides each reader with a profile page where they can track the progress of their reading habits over time and make necessary adjustments accordingly. Through this feature, readers can keep themselves organized and stay focused on what matters most to them in terms of reading material.

Different Types of Open Source RSS Software

  • Blog Software: Blog software is the most common type of RSS software. It allows users to create, manage, and publish their own blog content through an RSS feed.
  • News Aggregators: News aggregator software collects news from a variety of sources and presents them in a single interface for easy browsing. This type of software usually includes support for various syndication formats like RSS, Atom, and RDF.
  • Content Management Systems (CMS): Content management systems are used to create web applications with dynamic content such as blogs, forums, e-commerce platforms, etc. They provide developers with an easy way to create custom websites using HTML tags and templates while also allowing them to integrate their applications with a wide range of third-party services via plugins or APIs. Most CMS provide some form of built-in RSS support so that users can receive updates about changes on the website via RSS feeds.
  • Email Marketing Tools: Email marketing tools allow marketers to easily automate emails based on user preferences and specific conditions (on signup, abandoned carts etc.). These tools usually have built-in support for importing data from standard RSS or Atom feeds which makes it easier for email marketers to keep track of news related to their niche/industry without having to manually look up each article individually.
  • Forum Software: Forum software is used by businesses and other organizations looking set up discussion boards on their websites using traditional bulletin board technology. An important part of any forum software package includes its ability to export topics as an RSS feed which makes it easier for members who subscribe get notified whenever new threads are posted or updated without having check back every day manually going through old posts.

Advantages of Using Open Source RSS Software

  1. Cost Savings: Open source RSS software is generally available at no cost, or at very low cost. This allows organizations to avoid expensive commercial license fees and take advantage of the latest technology without breaking their budget.
  2. Flexibility: Open source RSS software is highly customizable, allowing developers to modify existing code or develop custom solutions that better fit their needs. This makes it easier for businesses to optimize processes and ensures they’re using the right technologies that work best for them.
  3. Security & Reliability: As with any software, security and reliability are of paramount importance when working with open source RSS tools. The user-driven nature of these projects typically yields a higher quality product with fewer bugs and vulnerabilities than would otherwise be present in a commercial version.
  4. User Participation: Depending on the project, open source RSS applications often provide an opportunity for users to contribute feedback, ideas, suggestions and even code itself through a variety community involvement forums (like mailing lists). This provides an effective way to add new features and quickly identify problems before they can become major issues.
  5. Scalability: Allowing developers to scale up quickly by building upon existing code gives many businesses the freedom to rapidly grow operations as needed. It also provides an opportunity for organizations dealing with large datasets or high traffic volumes the ability use powerful server architectures at no extra cost other than hardware acquisition expenses.

What Types of Users Use Open Source RSS Software?

  • Business Owners: Business owners can use open source RSS software to track and manage web content for their customers and employees, such as posts about product launches, company updates, or promotional offers. This allows them to keep their brand up-to-date and ensure that everyone in their organization has access to the same information.
  • Publishers: Publishers benefit from using open source RSS software by creating more efficient workflows for publishing online. By setting up automated feeds on popular topics, they can easily publish articles without having to manually check each one. Additionally, they can use the technology to distribute their content across multiple platforms at once—saving time and effort in the process.
  • Journalists: Open source RSS makes it easy for journalists to stay up-to-date with trending topics so they can quickly deliver news on current events or breaking stories without missing a beat. With powerful filtering capabilities built into many of these types of programs, journalists have control over what type of information is relevant to them (i.e.: local news sources) and can narrow down results accordingly so they don’t miss out on important stories or reports.
  • Bloggers: For bloggers looking for ways to keep readers coming back for more, open source RSS software makes it easier than ever before since users are already alerted when new content is posted—eliminating the need for users to constantly check websites themselves in order to stay informed about new blog posts or updated articles related to topics that interest them.
  • Marketers & Advertisers: Open source RSS helps marketers and advertisers reach new potential customers faster by alerting users when interesting content is released that could be valuable for their businesses—lowering the barrier between publishers & subscribers alike while improving strategies related lead generation campaigns as well as boosting conversions through targeted marketing efforts.

How Much Does Open Source RSS Software Cost?

Open source RSS software is completely free to use. You don't have to pay anything for the software itself - there aren't any license or subscription fees for it. However, depending on what you're using it for and how much customization or other services you need from a provider, you might end up paying some associated costs such as hosting or development services if they are needed. In addition, if you're looking to make money off your site then ads may be necessary, which could incur an additional cost.

What Software Can Integrate With Open Source RSS Software?

Open source RSS software can integrate with a variety of types of software, such as CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), and CMS (Content Management System) applications. This integration allows users to automatically aggregate content from multiple sources into one central location, providing them with an organized view of the latest news and updates. Additionally, open source RSS software can be integrated with e-commerce platforms so that customers are kept up to date on product offerings and new arrivals. Lastly, open source RSS software can be used in combination with analytics applications to provide detailed insights about visitor behavior. By using these integrations together, organizations can easily monitor and track their customers’ activities in order to better understand their preferences and optimize their website experience accordingly.

What Are the Trends Relating to Open Source RSS Software?

  1. Increased Popularity: The use of open source RSS software has grown significantly in recent years. As more people discover the benefits of using RSS, more developers are creating open source solutions to meet this growing demand.
  2. Ease of Use: Open source RSS software is typically much easier to use than traditional software. This makes it ideal for beginners and experienced users alike.
  3. Versatility: Open source RSS software can be used for a variety of tasks. From creating news feeds and podcasts to web-scraping and content aggregation, open source RSS software offers endless possibilities for users to customize their experience.
  4. Flexibility: Many open source RSS software packages offer users the ability to customize their experience. This includes adding new features, changing the design, or even creating an entirely new application from the ground up.
  5. Cost-Effective: Open source RSS software is generally much cheaper than traditional software packages. This makes it ideal for those on a budget who still want access to powerful features and customization options.
  6. Security & Reliability: Open source RSS software is often more reliable and secure than its commercial counterparts. Since it is developed and maintained by a community of developers, bugs are quickly patched and security risks are addressed quickly.

How To Get Started With Open Source RSS Software

Getting started with open source RSS software is a great way to aggregate news, content, and other information from multiple sources in one convenient place. The first step is to find the right software for your needs. A quick online search should yield plenty of results, so you'll want to narrow it down based on what's important to you.

Once you've settled on a program that works best for you, it's time to install and configure it. This process will vary depending on the type of software you've chosen as well as the platform or device that you're using. It's always a good idea to read through any available documentation before beginning installation, since different programs have unique requirements and instructions.

Once installed and configured according to the instructions provided by your chosen program, it's time to start adding feeds. Each source usually has an RSS link associated with them - this is typically indicated by an orange button or icon with curved diagonal lines - which you can simply copy and paste into your software after selecting “add feed” from within its menus. Some programs also offer auto-discovery features which allow you to add several feeds at once from a single website address.

That's about all there is too it. With RSS readers being readily available across multiple platforms; there are usually plenty of options out there if one particular piece of software isn't quite right for you either. All that's left now is finding and adding those popular websites or publications that interest users the most – happy hunting.