Best Open Source Podcast Apps in 2026
Applications and tools for listening to, managing, and processing podcasts.
The most popular pick this year is podgrab with 1,969 GitHub stars, but all 2 options below are worth considering depending on your needs.
2 open source podcast apps — ranked by GitHub stars. Browse all
podgrab
A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player.
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MinusPod
Self-hosted podcast server that uses AI to automatically remove ads from episodes before you hit play.
Apple PodcastsHow we rank these tools
Tools are ranked by GitHub stars as a proxy for community adoption and trust. Stars reflect how many developers found a project valuable enough to bookmark — a reasonable signal for quality in the open source world. We only list tools that are actively maintained and open source.
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