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Vienna for Mac

RSS and Atom newsreader.

Free
In English
Version 3.9.5
4.2
Based on 91 user rates

Vienna overview

Vienna is a freeware and Open-Source RSS/Atom newsreader with article storage and management via a SQLite database, written in Objective-C and Cocoa, for the OS X operating system. It provides features comparable to commercial newsreaders, but both it and the source code are free and available for download.

Features
  • Subscribe to Atom/RSS news feeds and podcasts
  • Simple and intuitive user interface with customisable toolbar
  • Built-in tabbed browser
  • Global search of all retrieved articles
  • Automatic detection of newsfeeds on Web pages
  • Smart folders for organising related feed articles
  • Custom article display styles
  • Three separate reading layouts
  • Blogging integration
  • Support for downloading enclosures in articles
  • Filter the displayed articles
  • Manual reordering of the subscription list
  • Full AppleScript support
  • Localised into several languages

What’s new in version 3.9.5

Changes
  • Search elements under feed's element if they are not found under
  • Improve handling of Media RSS specification in feeds: may be used as a workaround for enclosures
  • Update localizations
Bugfix
  • Extend fixes for "Last update" dates being set to January 1st, 1970
  • Fix handling of mailto: URLs
  • Fix handling of links specifying target="_blank"
  • Work around situations with inconsistent unread counts
Internals improvement
  • Revert some of the changes in memory management introduced in version 3.9.3 (caching of folder's articles)
  • Include a database update to fix entries that had January 1st, 1970 as the last update date
Infrastructure updates
  • Test build with Xcode 16.1 (macOS 15) and Xcode 15.4 (macOS 14)

Vienna for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.9.5
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3.0
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2.0
Reliability
3.0
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1.0

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4.2

(120 Reviews of Vienna)

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Aargl
Aargl
Jun 19 2024
3.9.0
4.5
Jun 19 2024
4.5
Version: 3.9.0
Under MacOS 10.14.6, Archive Utility refuses to decompress v3.9.0! 😲 I had success with a third party utility, though... 🤔
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Jan 21 2024
3.8.8
0.0
Jan 21 2024
0.0
Version: 3.8.8
The current version is 3.9.0
Atalantia
Atalantia
Nov 22 2022
3.8.4 :530a4382:
0.0
Nov 22 2022
0.0
Version: 3.8.4 :530a4382:
Applescript is implemented but poor documented. example I can't get the delete command to work. General it seams to be not functional.
Aargl
Aargl
Mar 22 2019
3.5.4 :8b11d92d:
4.5
Mar 22 2019
4.5
Version: 3.5.4 :8b11d92d:
I've just discovered a new use of RSS: it can be used to track updates for all your applications hosted at Github! Just create a new subscription with the release page (for example https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss/releases). :-)
Aargl
Aargl
Dec 15 2018
3.5.2 :624fb17e:
4.5
Dec 15 2018
4.5
Version: 3.5.2 :624fb17e:
Still a small visual glitch (checked in 10.11 this time ;-) )
A blue line appears under the ninth article in the list.
(in 10.9.5 it looked like a scroll bar)
Orfanik
Orfanik
Jan 23 2023
3.8.5 :5ac6c328:
5.0
Jan 23 2023
5.0
Version: 3.8.5 :5ac6c328:
Remik_K
Remik_K
Jan 23 2023
3.8.5 :5ac6c328:
4.0
Jan 23 2023
4.0
Version: 3.8.5 :5ac6c328:
Aargl
Aargl
Mar 22 2019
4.5
Mar 22 2019
4.5
Version: null
Jb4
Jb4
Jul 25 2018
5.0
Jul 25 2018
5.0
Version: null
axl23
axl23
Apr 26 2018
4.5
Apr 26 2018
4.5
Version: null
prLab
prLab
Feb 7 2018
5.0
Feb 7 2018
5.0
Version: null
zlazkow
zlazkow
Jan 19 2018
5.0
Jan 19 2018
5.0
Version: null
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Sep 18 2017
5.0
Sep 18 2017
5.0
Version: null
Darmok
Darmok
Sep 27 2016
1.0
Sep 27 2016
1.0
Version: null
四点
四点
Jun 15 2016
4.0
Jun 15 2016
4.0
Version: null
Robert-Poland
Robert-Poland
Jun 1 2016
1.0
Jun 1 2016
1.0
Version: null
pacocap
pacocap
May 30 2016
4.0
May 30 2016
4.0
Version: null
Jlock
Jlock
Jan 8 2016
5.0
Jan 8 2016
5.0
Version: null
J-Marten
J-Marten
Nov 16 2015
5.0
Nov 16 2015
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Oct 16 2015
4.0
Oct 16 2015
4.0
Version: null
demyson-and
demyson-and
Sep 24 2015
5.0
Sep 24 2015
5.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Feb 10 2015
5.0
Feb 10 2015
5.0
Version: null
WetNet
WetNet
Dec 13 2014
5.0
Dec 13 2014
5.0
Version: null
Kotos0513
Kotos0513
Nov 17 2014
4.0
Nov 17 2014
4.0
Version: null
Gary-box
Gary-box
Nov 15 2014
4.5
Nov 15 2014
4.5
Version: null
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 14 2014
4.5
Oct 14 2014
4.5
Version: null
tdpanos
tdpanos
Oct 13 2014
4.0
Oct 13 2014
4.0
Version: null
Rasputinsrevengereloadet
Sep 7 2014
5.0
Version: null
Tryme
Tryme
Aug 26 2014
4.0
Aug 26 2014
4.0
Version: null
Haliomaster
Haliomaster
Aug 25 2014
5.0
Aug 25 2014
5.0
Version: null
Okuyukashī
Okuyukashī
Aug 25 2014
1.0
Aug 25 2014
1.0
Version: null
Valdimar-Thor-H
Valdimar-Thor-H
Aug 10 2014
5.0
Aug 10 2014
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Jul 4 2014
5.0
Jul 4 2014
5.0
Version: null
Bytes
Bytes
May 31 2014
5.0
May 31 2014
5.0
Version: null
Monkeyjunkey
Monkeyjunkey
Apr 30 2014
5.0
Apr 30 2014
5.0
Version: null
Abt
Abt
Mar 25 2014
4.0
Mar 25 2014
4.0
Version: null
iTonyD
iTonyD
Jan 19 2014
4.0
Jan 19 2014
4.0
Version: null
Mrozny
Mrozny
Sep 13 2013
4.0
Sep 13 2013
4.0
Version: null
Hervé-5
Hervé-5
Aug 29 2013
5.0
Aug 29 2013
5.0
Version: null
Multimedia-Pimp
Multimedia-Pimp
Jul 22 2013
5.0
Jul 22 2013
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-dingo-653
anonymous-dingo-653
Jul 21 2013
5.0
Jul 21 2013
5.0
Version: null
Sojourner0001
Sojourner0001
Jul 17 2013
5.0
Jul 17 2013
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-turkey-2457
anonymous-turkey-2457
Jul 13 2013
5.0
Jul 13 2013
5.0
Version: null
dizhiren
dizhiren
May 17 2013
0.5
May 17 2013
0.5
Version: null
antoniong
antoniong
Mar 24 2013
2.5
Mar 24 2013
2.5
Version: null