Alternatives to Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Castopod.
Funkwhale
A self-hosted, federated platform for storing, streaming and sharing music and podcasts.
Funkwhale is a free, federated audio platform for music and podcasts that works with Subsonic clients, without Castopod's IABv2 analytics or clip and soundbite creation.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Owncast
Open-source software for running your own live video stream with built-in chat on your server.
PeerTube
Federated video platform that shares bandwidth peer to peer.
WriteFreely
A minimalist, self-hosted blogging platform that federates posts to the fediverse via ActivityPub.
Pixelfed
Federated photo sharing platform with no ads or algorithm.
Mastodon
Federated microblogging server with no algorithmic feed.
Loops
A federated, open-source short-form video platform that connects to Mastodon and other ActivityPub servers.
