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FeedGhost is an RSS Reader for Windows. It's designed for "professional" readers who subscribe to many feeds.

FeedGhost features:

  • "River-view" or Outlook-style reading.
  • Prioritization and filtering of feeds for efficient reading.
  • Tagging of articles for later reading or publishing in link-blogs.
  • Synchronization across multiple machines.
  • Instant search by keyword.
  • Email articles to others.
  • 6 different color schemes to choose from
  • Full-screen mode

The "Pro" version of FeedGhost is $20 per year. The "lite" version, restricted to twenty subscriptions, is free. Download the free version here.

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Pros & Cons

Pros:
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There is a free version
+2agreedisagree

Integrates with Firefox and IE
+2agreedisagree

"Outlook-style" reading is well done
+2agreedisagree

Choose from several color schemes
+2agreedisagree

Syncing your OPML when installed on other machines
+1agreedisagree

Ability to Prioritorise your posts
+1agreedisagree

Sharing your favorite articles/posts with the public
+1agreedisagree

Tagging posts for easy lookup and categorisation
+1agreedisagree

Cons:
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Links don't open in external browser by default
+1agreedisagree

Not many clear benefits over online RSS tools like Google Reader
0agreedisagree

Can't easily access previously-read items
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5 comments about FeedGhost

1.  avatar Erik  Jul 29, 2007 11:50am

I gave this software a try after it was added to ProductWiki. Keep in mind, I'm not a heavy RSS user, but I do have several feeds that I monitor from NetVibes and Google Reader. At first, I would have to say that I was a bit underwhelmed by the experience, but once I tried out the "Outlook-style" reading, I found this be a better experience for me, and I warmed up to the product after that. I'm curious to hear what power RSS readers have to say about FeedGhost.
2.  avatar stusmith  Jul 30, 2007 9:34am

Thanks for the review Erik! And before I reply further, a disclaimer to anyone else reading: I'm one of the authors of FeedGhost.

I think you're absolutely right that for a "casual" RSS user, free tools such as (say) Google Reader are a better bet. We're aiming this product at people who read a lot of feeds, and hence a lot of articles per day. An analogy might be this: for casual email, GMail works fine. For business/heavy email use, Outlook might be a better choice. I subscribe to about 200 feeds, which gives me (coincidentally) about 200 articles to look at per day. Using FeedGhost, I can get through them in about half an hour to an hour. I find prioritizing my reading really helps here, a feature (I believe) doesn't exist in Google Reader.

Finally, a couple of specific points:
  • "Can't easily access previously-read items" - these are accessed by expanding the articles list. Read items appear in normal (non-bold) type. Alternatively, the search facility displays results from both read and unread items.
  • "Links don't open in external browser by default" - agreed, not by default, but there is an option to control this behaviour.
3.  avatar Brian H. Madsen  Jul 31, 2007 5:43am

I was told about this RSS reader by a friend and figured it to be yet just another stock standard reader. But after a few hours of use I was converted and place my order for the paid service. It is without a doubt, the king of RSS readers...feature-rich, stable and above all very user friendly! I don't go anywhere without my FeedGhost...a must have for all RSS geeks!
4.  avatar dialupinternetuser  Jul 31, 2007 2:15pm

I like the iGoogle/Google Reader/Google Homepage. I'd give this a try, but I normally don't have internet on my personal computer, and have to use my family one. There is a cool add-on button for Firefox that open your iGoogle Hompage in a sidebar. I use that a lot.
5.  avatar Whipdaddy  Aug 10, 2007 1:11pm

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Key Features:

Manufacturer BinaryComponents Ltd
MSRP $20.00
Release Date Jul. 27, 2007
Software Type RSS

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