Best Open Source Podcasting in 2026
Tools for hosting, managing, listening to, and distributing podcasts — including both self-hosted platforms and podcast clients.
The most popular pick this year is PinePods with 861 GitHub stars, but all 2 options below are worth considering depending on your needs.
2 open source podcasting — ranked by GitHub stars. Browse all
PinePods
A self-hosted, cross-platform podcast management system with a modern Rust and Python stack.
Apple Podcasts
Castopod
Open-source podcast hosting platform with fediverse integration, built-in analytics, and Podcasting 2.0 support.
BuzzsproutHow 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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