Feed Reader

Features

A simple RSS Feed Reader with a WPF GUI and a database backend used with Entity Framework. On the left side is a list of all subsriced feeds. Selecting one feed shows all news items of this feed, which are stored in the database, on the right side. Selecting a news item shows the content in the area below.

UI elements

• Add: Opens the dialog to add a new feed via a URL.
• Delete: Deletes the selected feed.
• Refresh: Updates all feeds and gets the new news items.

Additional features

• Navigation is possible via keyboard arrow keys.
• The favicon is extracted from the site and shown left of the feed name.
• News items are shown bold or not bold depending if they were already read.
• The feed image (if provided by the feed) is shown in the upper right corner.

Download

• Binary: download
  • Requires .NET Framework 4.5
  • A valid path for the database has to be specified in the "Feed Reader.exe.config". Its located under the tag "connectionStrings" in the first child "add" tag. There in the attribute "connectionString" after "attachdbfilename=". The database itself is created automatically on the first start of the application.
• Source: download
  • Requires .NET Framework 4.5
  • Requires an active internet connection for NuGet package restore
  • A valid path for the database has to be specified in the "App.config". Its located under the tag "connectionStrings" in the first child "add" tag. There in the attribute "connectionString" after "attachdbfilename=". The database itself is created automatically on the first start of the application.