FreeGuide is a TV guide program. It allows you to find programs you are interested in quickly, and ignore the rest.
| Tags | Desktop Environment Internet |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows Windows OS Independent POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Java |
Recent releases


Changes: Several important bugs were fixed concerning downloading XMLTV listings, including the bug that caused an error about invalid UTF-8 characters, and the bug that meant some programs could go missing after an updated set of listings was downloaded. The documentation was improved, and numerous bugs were fixed and tests written.


Changes: FreeGuide now displays an error message when "Choose channels" goes wrong. The install tarball script now has correct absolute paths. Support for the Swedish grabber was fixed. The Windows installation was updated to XMLTV 0.5.52. FreeGuide now installs on a clean system. More variations in the XMLTV format are supported.


Changes: This release displays an error message when "Choose channels" goes wrong. The install tarball script now has correct absolute paths. Support for the Swedish grabber was fixed. The Windows installer was updated to include XMLTV 0.5.52.


Changes: A progress bar is now displayed during downloads. Various lists of favourites and channels are now sorted. There is a new Russian translation. Numerous bugs were fixed.


Changes: This release allows downloading listings in the background, and contains lots of bugfixes in various areas, including downloading of listings, upgrading from older versions, and dealing with programmes that have clickable Web sites. The Windows version contains the latest listings grabbers and is also a much smaller download.