Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in.
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About Castopod
Castopod hosts podcasts and publishes them by RSS to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer and other apps. Each podcast also becomes a fediverse account, so listeners can share, like and comment on episodes from ActivityPub services.
It includes tools for making video clips and soundbites to promote episodes, and analytics following the IABv2 guidelines with anonymised data. You can download it and self-host it, or use the developer's turnkey hosted offers.
Strengths
- Episodes can be followed and discussed from the fediverse
- Publishes to major podcast apps by RSS
- Privacy-respecting analytics following IABv2
- Clip and soundbite creation for promotion
Limitations
- Self-hosting requires managing a server
- Fediverse features only matter if your audience uses it
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to self-host; turnkey hosted offers are available from Ad Aures.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Ad Aures
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted, Hosted service
- Best suited for
- Podcasters who want to host their show themselves and reach listeners on the fediverse
- Categories
- Audio tools, Social networks
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Castopod
Compare allSoftware that can replace Castopod for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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.
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Tapestry
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