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This looks nice, but will there be a Linux version?
At the moment it only available for MacOS and Windows, hopefully in the future develop a compatible version with Linux (Debian, Suse, etc.)
I like this! I'm right now reading Ars on it and it works pretty well.

A tiny request: Would it be possible to allow changing the background graphic? Maybe a wallpaper of my choosing? Also, a method to "archive" in addition to saving tagged articles would be awesome. Having to tag if I want to keep an article permanently each time may be a bit cumbersome.

Edit: Oops, nevermind about the background image. Found bg.jpg in Sputnik\app\visual\images ;)

Mac app is not signed, makes the os nag about unidentified developer.

I'm fine with running it but a lot of people might not bother with security settings.

It is not about no bothering with security settings. I would rather pay something, and have it signed. I will not run it --even if free-- if not.
That's a pretty silly tact to take. Especially since being signed doesn't mean "not malicious'
None of my OS X apps are signed either and honestly it is because you have to pay Apple $100 every year to be able to sign them. As a student I have quite a lot of free time to work on Open Source applications but $100 every 12 months is still quite a lot of money for a hobby where I give away the fruits of my work for free.

(Or at least I can't find out how to sign it without paying)

After google reader was killed out sadly my RSS feed reading has come to a halt.
I was a Google Reader user too. When it was shutdown, Feedly[1] came to the rescue in a very nice, and free, way.

[1] http://cloud.feedly.com/#welcome

I'm using feedly but their android app is horribly unreliable. Anyone have a better alternative?
I use the Press app on Android attached to my Feedly account, and I couldn't be happier.

http://twentyfivesquares.com/press/

Press is a decent Android app with a lot of sync options. I use it with my reader via Fever API. The only complaint is that it has a few memory leaks which causes it to crash every now and then on memory constrained devices.
If you have a server where you can install something yourself, I recommend TinyTinyRSS[1], or if you already run a ownCloud instance then ownCloud News[2]. For both of them there are desktop and mobile clients, TTRSS even has a fever plugin[3] which mimics the fever API so you can use it with all clients which only support the fever API too.

[1] http://tt-rss.org/ [2] http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php?content=158434 [3] https://github.com/dasmurphy/tinytinyrss-fever-plugin

I tried newsblur for a while but bazqux.com has Readability text download built-in (on the ; key) and I can't do without that now.
Strongly recommend giving Feedbin a go (http://feedbin.me) - only $3 per month and a great client (plus a number of mobile and desktop apps to choose from).
Nice to see more apps based on node-webkit, best of luck.
Why does it use less than half of my monitor width? I'm on a 1920 x 1080, and the feed pane is only 770 pixels wide - and not resizable. What's the purpose of this? Most of the screen estate is wasted for a wallpaper of author's choice, instead of displaying the content I'm actually interested in. I find this design choice really hard to understand.
I miss one very important setting. Hide/don't show "marked as read"
This looks really, really good. the UX is pretty sleak. I'm switching from Leaf to Sputick for a few days and see how it goes. Only needs some work on those media queries.
Need to import from feedly, any suggestions?
yes, export your subscriptions as an OPML file (Feedly -> Organize), Sputnik can import it.
It seems not to be able to synchronize my read/starred articles with any server (TinyTinyRSS, feedly, ownCloud News, feever, etc.). For me this functionality is essential because I use 4 different devices to read my feeds, but I understand that there are people out there who only read them on one devise.