RSS Guard 5.3.0 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 19, 2026

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RSS Guard, created by Martin Rotter, is a desktop reader for web feeds and podcasts. Add the sites you follow and it gathers their new articles in one calm list, away from social feeds and endless scrolling. It is free and open source, respects your privacy and gives keen readers deep control over folders, filters and article cleanup rules. Updated Aug 19, 2026.

Key Features

• Support for RSS, Atom and other common feed formats
• Folders and labels to organise hundreds of feeds with ease
• Message filters that can mark, hide or highlight articles as they arrive
• Accounts for online feed services, alongside purely local reading
• Podcast support, with playback of audio posts inside the app
• Two builds, one with an embedded web viewer and one lighter text viewer

How to Download

1. Open the project page and go to its releases section.
2. Download from the official site and choose the Mac build of the latest release.
3. Open the download and move RSS Guard into your Applications folder.
4. Launch it, add your first feeds or import a feed list from another reader.

System Requirements

• A Mac running a recent version of macOS
• An Apple silicon or Intel processor
• A modest amount of free disk space for the app and its article database
• An internet connection to fetch new articles

FAQs

Does RSS Guard cost anything?

No. It is free and open source under a public licence. Development is supported by the community around the project rather than by ads or tracking.

Can I move my feeds from another reader?

Yes. Like most readers, it can import a standard feed list file, so you can bring your subscriptions across and keep your folder structure.