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


Release Notes: Significant performance improvements were implemented when there are a lot of selections or favourites. Numerous bugs were fixed, including favourites that match everything, several UI glitches, and properly handling daylight-saving time. Your Web browser is guessed automatically when needed.


Release Notes: Two bugs were fixed. The personalized guide and programme info box now use the correct font. This should allow workarounds for some of the font issues some people saw on Vista. Performance was dramatically improved for people who have made a lot of selections. (Out-of-date selections are now deleted.)


Release Notes: This release fixes several bugs, including problems with configuring grabbers from the Options screen, filtering while exporting XMLTV, finding documentation in non-standard locations, and minor UI fixes. Two binary JARs were removed to comply with the DFSG.


Release Notes: 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.


Release Notes: 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.