Eluma: Desktop RSS reader, bookmark manager, and more

Eluma is a new Windows application for viewing and managing web content. Basically, it's an RSS reader and bookmark manager bundled together. When you first run Eluma you can choose from a list of popular feeds, or you can import an OPML file. We found that it handled our OPML file with several hundred feeds quite well, importing the feeds in a matter of seconds.

But the desktop application is just one part of Eluma. There are also browser toolbars available for Firefox and Internet Explorer that make it easy to add feeds to Eluma with the click of a button. If a page doesn't have an RSS feed, or if you just want to mark a single web page, not a feed, you can click the flag button to save an individual page to your account.

Using Eluma, you can tag items to make them easy to find later. You can also rate items, set up desktop alerts that will pop up whenever there's a new item in your feed, and share items with other users.

Eluma launched as a private beta this morning, but you can request an invitation at Eluma's web page. Check out a video walkthrough of the Eluma interface after the break.

Tags: bookmarks, eluma, rss