PinePods
A self-hosted podcast server for playing, downloading and tracking podcasts across several users.
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About PinePods
PinePods is a podcast management system that you run on your own server. It lets you subscribe to, play, download and keep track of podcasts from a web interface, with support for multiple users.
The repository includes a gPodder-compatible API for syncing with other podcast apps, a mobile app with Android store metadata, and an Arch Linux package. It suits people who want their podcast subscriptions and listening history kept on hardware they control.
Strengths
- Multi-user podcast server
- gPodder-compatible sync API
- Web interface plus a mobile app
- Downloads episodes to your own server
Limitations
- Requires running and maintaining a server
- Smaller project than mainstream podcast apps
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- The PinePods contributors
- Platforms
- Android, Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Households that want a shared, self-hosted podcast library
- Categories
- Audio tools, Media servers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to PinePods
Compare allSoftware that can replace PinePods for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Audiobookshelf
A self-hosted server for audiobooks and podcasts that keeps your place in a book across every device.
Audiobookshelf is a GPL-3.0 server for podcasts and audiobooks with per-user progress sync, automatic episode downloads and Android and iOS apps, though its iOS app is a beta.
Funkwhale
A self-hosted, federated platform for storing, streaming and sharing music and podcasts.
Funkwhale is a federated platform for music and podcasts with library sharing between servers, adding federation and moderation complexity that PinePods' podcast-only server avoids.
PinePods as an alternative
Listings that name PinePods as an alternative.
AntennaPod
Manage podcasts with an open-source Android application.
PinePods is a GPL-3.0 self-hosted podcast server with a web interface and Android app, adding multi-user libraries but requiring you to maintain a server.
Apple Podcasts
Apple's podcast app for following, listening to and watching shows, with sync across Apple devices.
PinePods is a self-hosted GPL-3.0 podcast server with web and Android clients, suiting households but requiring you to run your own server.
Kasts
A KDE podcast app for desktop and mobile with a play queue and sync.
PinePods is a self-hosted, multi-user podcast server with a web interface, Android app and gPodder-compatible sync, which requires maintaining your own server.
Podcasts
A lightweight GNOME app for subscribing to, updating and listening to podcasts.
PinePods is a self-hosted, multi-user podcast server with a web interface, mobile app and gPodder-compatible sync, but it requires running your own server.
Snipd
A podcast app that uses AI to save highlights, transcribe snippets and summarise episodes.
PinePods is a self-hosted, multi-user podcast server with a web interface and mobile app, so episodes live on your own server, but it needs server maintenance and has no AI features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
