The short answer
As of November 11, 2026, these news and RSS tickers on the Microsoft Store have shipped in the last six months: News Ticker Widget, Taskbar Ticker, LED RSS Ticker, and FeedsBar, which is ours. Each puts headlines on a strip you can see while you work, and each takes your own RSS feeds.
The two names that rank highest for this search are older. Battware's Desktop Ticker last shipped a version in October 2021, and FeedRoller in March 2013. Microsoft's own News Bar is still in the Store, still marked beta, and unchanged since May 2024. Share price tickers are in better health than news ones. Crypto is mixed.
How to read the dates
Every date here comes from a primary source: Microsoft's Store catalog for Store apps, the GitHub API for open-source ones, and the vendor's own download page for the two that live outside both. A label of shipping means a build or listing change after May 11, 2026. Quiet means six to 24 months. No recent build means over two years.
One trap is specific to Windows. The Store's "last updated" date moves whenever a developer edits the listing, even with no new build. So we show the package version beside every date, and mark a row with † where the two disagree. On the day we checked, one listing moved to that same morning with a package we had already seen in October.
News and RSS tickers
On Windows these are one category. Every news ticker below takes your own RSS or Atom feeds, and most do nothing else. The Store has a small set of maintained ones, several updated this autumn. Outside the Store, the well known names stopped years ago.
If you only want to read your feeds rather than watch them pass, a ticker is the wrong tool. A feed reader suits that better, and our scored directory of feeds works in any of them.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase, with a trial
Store listing: version 1.0.2.0, updated 2026-11-08 (the 1.0.2 release)
We make this, so read the entry as the pitch it is. A strip along the top or bottom edge of a display you choose, carrying headlines from sources we score in the open, plus up to 20 RSS or Atom feeds of your own. It needs Windows 11. One key covers the Mac app and the browser board too.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase
Store listing: version 2.1.11.0, updated 2026-11-11
Runs headlines along an edge of the screen and takes any RSS or Atom address. The listing was rewritten for Windows 11 in November, and a new package shipped on the day we checked. Its package identity carries an older name, so you may see it listed under another title elsewhere.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase
Store listing: version 1.1.3.0, updated 2026-09-21
Sits just above the taskbar and scrolls several RSS feeds in one line, with keyword filters to include or exclude headlines and a check on feed health. It lists Windows 10 and 11.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase
Store listing: version 1.0.5.0, updated 2026-10-07
Draws your feed titles as an LED sign. It also has a vertical mode that scrolls characters upward, which no other app here does.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free, with a paid full version
Store listing: version 1.1.3.0, updated 2026-04-25
A scrolling line of headlines across the screen. The free version limits how many feeds you can add; the full version lifts it. About six and a half months since the listing last changed.
- where
- GitHub
- price
- Free, open source
GitHub API: release v0.22.2 and last commit both 2026-11-11
A new open-source project on GitHub, releasing several times a week.
- where
- Direct
- price
- Free, donations welcome
Vendor download page: latest version v1.14.1, dated 9 October 2021
The best known name in this search, and the app most download sites still carry. It is a .NET program that also ran on Linux through Mono. The vendor's own page is the place to check the version, and it has not moved since 2021.
- where
- Direct
- price
- Free, open source
Vendor page: version 0.65, last release March 19, 2013
A lightweight RSS and Atom ticker that could pin to the desktop or auto-hide. The vendor files it under legacy Windows tools.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free
Store listing: version 0.0.408.0, updated 2024-05-08
Microsoft's own docked news bar, fed by the Microsoft News network, with optional stock quotes. Still listed, still marked beta, and no change in two and a half years.
Share price and market tickers
Healthier than news. Three of the five below changed in the last six months, though one of those is a listing edit rather than a new build. Most show quotes in widgets or a floating window. Only one scrolls a strip across the desktop.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free with in-app purchases
Store listing: version 14.2.40.0, updated 2026-11-11 †. The same package was listed on 2026-10-02
Desktop widgets with live charts: three stocks and one of each other instrument free, more with a paid tier. Widgets you place, not a scrolling strip. The name is shared with an unrelated payments brand.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase
Store listing: version 1.9.47.0, updated 2026-09-02
Scrolls quotes across a bar on the desktop, with a portfolio table. The same developer ships it on the Mac.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free
Store listing: version 1.0.19.0, updated 2026-05-12
A floating window of quotes and charts that stays on top and collapses to a compact bar. Just inside our six-month line.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free with in-app purchases
Store listing: version 1.2106.17.70, updated 2026-03-13 †. The version number reads like a 2021 build
Watchlists, alerts and charts rather than a ticker strip. Judge it by the version, not the listing date.
- where
- GitHub
- price
- Free
GitHub API: no releases, last commit 2022-05-18
The most starred open-source result for a Windows stock ticker, and three and a half years without a commit.
Crypto price tickers
Mixed. One maintained Store app puts prices on the taskbar, two small open-source projects are active, and the best known names are quiet. One Store listing carries a date newer than its code, so read the version line.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- One-time purchase
Store listing: version 1.0.0.0, updated 2026-10-14
Prices on the taskbar next to the clock, with the 24-hour change in color, a watchlist on click and price alerts as Windows notifications.
- where
- GitHub
- price
- Free, open source
GitHub API: release v0.8.21 and last commit both 2026-11-09
A new open-source project on GitHub, with frequent releases.
- where
- GitHub
- price
- Free, open source
GitHub API: release v1.0.0 on 2026-09-22, last commit 2026-09-26
A small new project with a first stable release in September.
- where
- Microsoft Store, source on GitHub
- price
- Free
Store listing: version 6.5.2.70, updated 2026-04-11 †. Its GitHub repo last released v6.0.4 in 2021 and last committed in 2023
The listing date and the code disagree, so read the repo before you trust the date.
- where
- Microsoft Store
- price
- Free with in-app purchases
Store listing: version 4.2.1.0, updated 2026-02-05
Prices and a widget for a range of coins. About nine months since the listing changed.
- where
- GitHub
- price
- Free
GitHub API: no releases, last commit 2018-01-28
Still the top open-source search result for a Windows crypto taskbar, from the 2018 boom.
Built in, and adjacent
Windows 11 Widgets
Built in. A panel you open from the taskbar, with widgets and a news feed from Microsoft. It is a board you open when you choose, not a strip that scrolls along the screen, and it does not take your own RSS feeds.
Rainmeter
A free, open-source skin engine for the Windows desktop (GitHub: release v4.5.28 on 2026-10-12, last commit 2026-11-10). Ticker skins exist, but they are separate projects: OneTicker, for example, last committed in May 2023.
Scrollr
An always-on-top bar for sports, stocks, crypto and news on Windows, Mac and Linux, with a free tier and a paid plan (GitHub: release desktop-v1.7.3 on 2026-11-03). The repository dates from February 2026; how it relates to the older browser extension of the same name, we could not verify.
On a Mac instead? The same check, with the same method, covers Mac ticker apps.
Where we stand, and how this page is made
FeedsBar is ours, and it is marked where it appears. We would rather you bought it, so everything here is checkable: every entry links to the Store listing, repository or vendor page we read, and any row takes about a minute to verify. Nothing on this page is an affiliate link, and no vendor paid to appear.
Two limits, stated plainly. A last-shipped date is not a verdict on quality: finished software can work well for years, so we label the state and leave the judgment to you. And this is a snapshot taken on November 11, 2026. Anything here could ship tomorrow, and the page would be out of date until we check again.
Developers: if your app has the wrong date or description, or we have missed one that belongs here, tell us and we will fix it.
The one we make
FeedsBar for Windows is a slim strip along the edge of a display you choose, carrying headlines from feeds you pick. It is in the Microsoft Store for Windows 11, with a free trial, then one payment. No account, and the same key works on the Mac and in the browser.
Shipped a ticker for Windows, or spotted a change here? Email hello@feeds.bar and we will check it.