RSS Bandit is a free desktop based feed reader for Windows that may find appeal among Google Reader users.
That’s because you can use RSS Bandit as a desktop client for reading Google Reader feeds outside the web browser even in offline mode.
RSS Bandit will automatically synchronize the status of your feed items with Google Reader the next time you update your feed or go online. Thus the stories you’ve read in RSS Bandit will show the same status in Google Reader as well.
While die-hard FeedDemon fans are unlikely to make a switch, RSS Bandit does offer some unique features like an Outlook style tri-pane interface, an integrated newsgroups reader and a ‘Download Manager’ for fetching feed enclosures.
Overall, this application is still in an early alpha stage (and there are bugs) but it still solves an interesting problem – that of reading Google Reader feeds in an airplane where you have no Internet connection.
RSS Bandit is open-source and developed by Dare Obasanjo.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/download/rss-bandit-desktop-client-google-reader/3656/
Tags: feature, feeddemon, google reader, rss, Downloads, Software
Reader Comments
Feed demon is also a very good desktop based RSS feeder. I am using it from past 2-3 months and it is awesome :)
Written by Akash on 06.23.08
Nice Info..but Google desktop is also a good option..
Written by Manpreet Singh on 06.23.08
Hmm.. nice you should also give ReadAir a try. It’s an Adobe AIR app for reading google reader feeds.
Written by Angad Singh on 06.23.08
This definitely has some promise. I have been using ReadAir for sometime and its good there are some alternatives now.
Written by Keith Dsouza on 06.23.08
Looks gud…worth a try
Written by abhishek on 06.23.08
This software requires .NET Framework 2.. So you have to have that before installing the .msi package.
So, i think using other readers that are quite equivalent to this is simpler for this reason.
Written by codeAries on 06.23.08
Should appeal Google Reader fans then. Synchronization between two clients is the best part of the story.
Written by Syahid A. on 06.23.08
Pretty wicked. If I didn’t prefer the convenience of using everything online I’d give it a try. It’s much better than ReadAIR imo.
Written by Corvida on 06.23.08
ok…
looking and looking and looking and not seeing how to get to the box that gives me an option to sync w/ Google Reader. Help please?
Written by Clay on 06.23.08
i used rssbandit before. if you have more than just a few feeds, it gets really, but reeeally slow. it takes forever to open when loaded and does not respond immediately. and i have a core-2-duo 2.4ghz computer with 4gb ram.
i uninstalled it asap and switched to feeddemon. it rocks! especially the 2.7 version is very, very fast. i am subscribed to 200 feeds and feeddemon makes it easy to follow all of them.
Written by jackie on 06.23.08
Clay:
It’s only available in the alpha release (1.7). Simply go to File > Synchronize Feeds
Written by Gilbert on 06.24.08
Talking of options, one can also use SharpReader ( link . This is also a desktop based reader. It is not excellently appealing in aesthetic sense, but is light and works great.
Written by Nikhil Sharma on 06.24.08
RSS Bandit is good but sometime it can be real slow :(
Written by Davinder on 06.24.08
have used FeedReader…simple, easy to use interface,
VERY HEAVY on the processor though.
Written by dbugr on 11.12.08