Version 4.5 beta is available!
BottomFeeder is a news aggregator client (RSS and Atom) written in VisualWorks Smalltalk. BottomFeeder runs on Linux x86, (also FreeBSD), PowerPC Linux, Sparc Linux, Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE 4), Mac OS8/9, Mac OS X (unified VM), AIX, SGI Irix, HP-UX, and Solaris (SPARC and x86).
What sets BottomFeeder apart?
- Full support for CSS, including user defined CSS
- View news in 3 pane or 2 pane modes
- Subscribe to any RSS or Atom format in use
- View items in a summary Newspaper View
- Synchronize 2 or more BottomFeeders via HTTP or file import
- Subscribe to feeds or feedlists
- Supports HTTPS, HTTP Authentication, and HTTP Digest Authentication
- Plugins for blogging, IRC, and MSN Messenger contacts
- Easy to update or upgrade from within BottomFeeder
- Save as many or as few feed items for as long as you want
- Import or Export in common OPML format
- Binary compatible on every platform. No need to recompile
Source Code
Source code is available in the
file area, but
development and version control happen in the Cincom Public Repository. Click here
for instructions and for write access. For read-only access, sign in with username=guest and
password=guest.
Contributors
- James Robertson - Lead Developer
- David Murphy - Lead Developer
- Rich Demers - Lead Developer, Documentation
- Michael Lucas-Smith - WithStyle, NetResources library, Typeless IRC plugin
- Holger Kleinsorgen - Timezone Package
- Anthony Lander - Pongo MSN Messenger
plugin
- Bob Westergaard - many fixes
- Troy Brumley - many fixes and testing
- Denis Johnson - BottomFeeder Logo
- Eric Winger - bug fixes and suggestions
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