Work on the software is progressing, with a new update about every month. In testing, I used a specific PPA with Ubuntu 14.10, which installed the current version at the time of writing: 0.17.7. Windows also has a portable version for USB sticks. Additional packages are available for FreeBSD and Vern OS/2. It's also available for Windows and MacOS X, making it easy to exchange OPML-formatted feed lists through exports and imports. In 2011, Russian developers began work on QuiteRSS and the program has become part of all major distribution repositories.

Its range of functions and look-and-feel rivals that of its GTK counterpart, Liferea. It's written in C++ and is based on the Qt framework that integrates well on KDE, LXQt, and Unity desktops. QuiteRSS is software that runs on a local PC. You can also pull several feeds together using the OPML format. Both formats are based on the XML protocol.

Apart from RSS, the Atom format has become popular over the years, so much so that most readers also support it. The term RSS reader actually falls somewhat short. Figure 1: The QuiteRSS interface is similar to that of a mail client with a sidebar and an area including the news feeds.

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