RSS notification in System tray

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I am looking for a tiny windows app that will sit in my system tray and check certain RSS feeds periodically, upon new RSS update the items should be displayed as pop-up (or balloons).

There are quite a few full-features RSS readers out there that do that, but I am only looking for this notification feature and would like to spend as little resources as possible for it.

If you're currently using Windows 10, please refer to my answer at: http://superuser.com/a/978664/323140 — SepehrM, Sep 26 '15 at 22:05

FogleBird · Answer 1 · 2010-02-20T05:48:45.147

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I wrote an application that does exactly what you asked for.

http://www.feednotifier.com/

edited Feb 20 '10 at 05:48

answered Feb 03 '10 at 13:31

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Seems to work great, nice job! Perfect for monitoring my superuser questions! – Markus Hedlund Jul 15 '10 at 12:38
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@FogleBird if you could add the ability to stack the feeds much like Alertbear does, this would be the ideal RSS notifier app. – SiegeX Jul 20 '11 at 03:22
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It would be great if it could integrate google reader! :) – Dragouf Aug 30 '11 at 08:09
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I really like the feednotifier, but I have experienced some problems with it not displaying the right items from my feed. But other readers does. – Chau Oct 25 '11 at 09:10
Perfect little app! – epistemex Oct 03 '13 at 06:25
FeedNotifier: got stuck after downloading some feed and never updated anything again (after uninstall and re-install again it breaks the same way). – Roman Pietrzak Jan 20 '15 at 12:04
I second to @yoshkemu , it works beautifully until it stop to receive feed. – Tiana987642 Jun 21 '17 at 03:22
FeedNotifier is abandoned and doesn't connect to servers using just TLS 1.1 up. – AndreKR Jan 20 '19 at 23:46
Site is down as of 2020-01-15. Exe can be downloaded on archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20191024010601/https://www.feednotifier.com/ – vctls Jan 15 '20 at 12:52

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '09 at 12:15

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Way back when, I used Abilon, which popped up every 10 minutes(I think) doing exactly as you describe. I stopped using it when I noticed my productivity dropping through the floor.

answered Jul 21 '09 at 12:15

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jous · Answer 3 · 2019-01-22T09:09:20.520

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Here's a list I made, when I checked out different notifiers for my private rss feed:

Sharpreader: Download 1MB, In memory 42MB (popup tested & works)
Feed notifier: Download 7MB, In memory 35MB. (popup tested & works)
Google Reader Notifier: Download 1MB, In memory 24MB. (does not support private rss feeds)
Fuzzyduck: Download 4MB, In memory 14MB (does not support private rss feeds)
Abilon: Download 1MB, In memory 13MB
Klipfolio: Download 2MB, In memory 7MB (does not support private rss feeds, popup tested & works)
Rssnotifier seems to be dead.
Enigma Desktop seems a bit overkill.

Please give updates to this list in the comments

edited Jan 22 '19 at 09:09

answered May 18 '11 at 15:05

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need to include links to the software, @jous. – studiohack May 18 '11 at 18:32
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@studiohack I noticed they're all applications mentioned in the previous answers to this question. – Gaff May 19 '11 at 05:26

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 07 '10 at 14:42

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I use Feed Notifier.

It's light, simple, and it support RSS feeds with authentication, like Basecamp feeds...

answered Sep 07 '10 at 14:42

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 21 '09 at 11:16

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Google Reader Notifier for Windows is the standalone version for Google Reader. You do not need Firefox for this and it sits in the system tray.

answered Jul 21 '09 at 11:16

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 21 '09 at 09:31

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Google Reader Notifier as a firefox plugin

I know it is not a windows app but it is the smallest... RSSOwl can be a good option but full feature tool.

answered Jul 21 '09 at 09:31

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I use Chrome though, not firefox :( – user3115 Jul 21 '09 at 10:08
Just a heads-up: Google Reader Notifier is packed with ad/spyware: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3977#reviews – Jon Tackabury Jul 21 '09 at 12:29

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 21 '09 at 10:51

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You could give Klipfolio a try.

answered Jul 21 '09 at 10:51

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 21 '09 at 12:09

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Part of the Engima Desktop is an RSS reader overlay on your desktop. This way you can have a persistent view of your feeds, even if you miss the balloon pop-up.

answered Jul 21 '09 at 12:09

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