Smart RSS

RSS Reader

What is Smart RSS?

Smart RSS is a savvy chrome extension designed to keep user updated with their favorite websites. With the background loading feature, it ensures uninterrupted tracking of new articles. Its three-pane view allows you to effectively read RSS and Atom feeds while organising sources into folders for simplicity and convenience.

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By: zakius

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Users: 3,000+ ▲ 1,000

Rating: 4.48 (25)

Version: 2.25.2 (Last updated: 2023-03-09)

Creation date: 2020-06-20

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

unlimitedStorage
contextMenus
alarms
tabs
<all_urls>
notifications

Size: 340.99K

Email: sm*****@outlook.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17022 ▲ 2444

Other rankings

#283 in News & Weather #19 in smart keyword 38 ▲ 8

Other platforms

Smart RSS Reader (v2.25.2)

4.29 (35) 3,013+

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Summary

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Smart RSS allows you to follow new posts on your favorite websites exposing RSS and Atom feeds in a three pane view, providing background loading of new articles and allowing you to organize sources into folders.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Simple and intuitive to use
Works without creating an account for local tasks
Effective at bypassing paywalls and removing ads
Open source
Lightweight in terms of resource consumption

Cons

Periodic self-clearing of feeds and settings reset
Youtube feed update issues after an update
Invisible reading area in certain use-cases
Article sorting issues when new content arrives
Some features not working as expected, like page navigation

Most mentioned

Need for a dark theme
Occasional loss of settings or data
Lack of synchronization features, such as with Chrome sync
Request for improved navigation and sorting options
Desire for additional features like search functionality and 'read it later'

Recent reviews

Периодически самоочищается. Время от времени, раз в несколько месяцев, без каких-либо моих действий это тупое расширение очищает весь список фидов и сбрасывает все свои настройки.

Tlaloc Epifanio, 2024-02-11

Je n'ai pas eu besoin d'utiliser l'extension longtemps pour constater que c'est de loin supérieur à tout les autre que j'ai testé. Simple, intuitif, solide et surtout le fait que ça fonctionne sans avoir à créer un compte pour dans les faits effectuer une tâche qui est entièrement locale. C'est complètement ridicule à mon avis. Même si mon email est déjà bien répandu (comme pas mal tout le monde), ce n'est pas une raison pour encourager ce type de manipulation. Merci infiniment pour cet outil génial!

Dave Létourneau, 2023-07-05

Importing from opml is said to succeed, but there aren't any feeds available.

Alan Welsh, 2023-06-08

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Safety

Risk impact

Smart RSS is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Smart RSS if you trust the publisher.