Why no update?

[Sattar1980]

Hi, I just noticed that the last update for QuiteRSS was in 2020. I wonder why such a helpful app has not been updated for about 4 years or so?###

[darkshram]

Most Linux distributions have deprecated or removed the obsolete QtwebKit because it is unmaintained and has a huge list of very serious security issues. Quirerss depends completely on QtWebKit. The author of QuiteRSS has said he does not have the resources and time to port Quiterss to QtWebEngine. This is the reason why most users have already migrated to RssGuard or any other RSS readers. Quiterss has been removed along with QtWebKit from several Linux distributions because of this issue. RssGuard and Liferea are the closest applications to the same functionality of Quiterss.

[p0k33m0n]

RssGuard and Liferea are the closest applications to the same functionality of Quiterss.

Closest but still far, far away. I regret that the author does not release at least a Windows version.

[darkshram]

Closest but still far, far away. I regret that the author does not release at least a Windows version.

RssGuard and Liferea are way beyond QuiteRSS in functionality and any aspect you may think, and infinitely more secure. Both are actively developed and maintained. RssGuard support Windows and is offered in lite and regular versions.

[p0k33m0n]

RssGuard and Liferea are way beyond QuiteRSS in functionality and any aspect you may think, and infinitely more secure.

To me, they are overgrown cows that in no way resemble an basic RSS client, but rather RSS management programs. QuiteRSS is fast, lightweight and brilliantly written, and for good reason, it is still used and recognized as the best RSS client for years.

[Katarn]

I completely removed QtWebKit from the system and use the build from the switch-to-webengine branch - it works much more stable than on QtWebKit. But it doesn’t have plugins, like AdBlock, and the news itself takes a long time to switch. As I understand it, the entire heavyweight QtWebEngine component is recreated every time the news is switched. Lacks optimization.

But nevertheless, it works much more stable and does not crash.

[cornpaffies]

I'm working on QuiteRSS too

There's still lots to do so if anyone wants to help out: https://github.com/cornpaffies/quiterss

Please note I'm just a one-man team

[Katarn]

Please note I'm just a one-man team

@cornpaffies you can team up with https://github.com/ChiaYen-Kan/quiterss