Hey all,
For quite a long time now I’ve been working Pinepods. It’s a Rust based podcast management system that manages podcasts with multi-user support and relies on a central database with clients to connect to it. It’s complete with a browser based client where your podcasts and settings follow you from device to device due to everything being stored on your server. There’s installable clients on just about every platform - now including a beta build of an Android client! (Also a flatpak, aur, Mac, windows, deb, appimage, and rpm client as well)
Over time this project has really grown into something great, and many quality of life features have been baked in. The experience of using Pinepods at this point is getting close to some of the larger self-hosted projects such as Immich, and as feature complete as a client such as AntenaPods. I can’t believe that a project hasn’t previously heavily focused on becoming a fully feature complete Self-hosted Podcast platform because of how rooted in the spirit of open source the podcast ecosystem is built to be.
So many nice to haves have been added at this point:
- chapter support
- sorting/filtering/searching throughout
- RSS feed hosting for other apps to use
- Great mobile support everywhere (PWA, beta android client)
- Nextcloud/Gpodder sync support -Postgres or MariaDB
- simple API’s for things like Homepage Widgets!
And lately I’ve even been working on a feature that allows you to subscribe to hosts! This will let you follow them from show to show. I’ve built a side project called PodPeopleDB for that: https://www.pinepods.online/blog/2024/12/08/podpeople-db
Chances are, if there’s a feature in a podcast app that’s a must have for you, it’s already built in, and if it isn’t, I want to know about it so I can add it!
If you’re on the fence you can try it out without installing the server too! Check the website for more info!
Now is the perfect time to check it out and enjoy continued feature updates! Feel free to open issues or PRs if you experience any problems. Or drop a line on the discord. I’m happy to help!
GitHub: https://github.com/madeofpendletonwool/Pinepods
Official site: https://pinepods.online/
In case you’re unware. What is podcasting 2.0?
…y tho? What’s the point?
Same reasons for any Self hosted projects. Own your data, Archive the content, I like Self-hosting. Pick your favorite reason. Podcasting is built to be an open platform. It deserves open and Self Managable clients.
But you can do all of that with an app on your local device.
You can, on your local device. Pinepods syncs progress between devices instantly. I like to switch between laptop and phones. If you only listen on your phone and the app works for you that sounds like a great solution already.
I see.
I’m at a bit of a loss as well… The official site talks more about Python, rust and open source than just explaining what the project’s point is.
So does my podcast client - which is on my phone where I listen to podcasts.
Absolutely true. And if you only listen to podcasts on your phone that’s a great solution. I like to switch between phone and laptop, and Pinepods syncs progress of everything on any client nearly instantaneously.
Like how though? Even a single use-case would be really helpful in understanding what this does.
How would I use antennapod and have it sync with a desktop client?
Dude just explained to you that his program can sync progress on phone and desktop. How is that not a valid use case?