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24 alternatives to Castopod

Open source platform for podcasters who want to stay free

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Castopod launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Cast▲432
Record, edit, publish, and host your podcast
2015 · tryca.st · its alternatives →
2
Castos▲204
Beautifully simple podcast hosting and analytics 🎙
2018 · castos.com · its alternatives →
3
Snapod Beta▲71
A better independent podcast hosting platform
2021 · snapodcast.com · its alternatives →
4
Simplecast▲187
The modern podcast management and metrics platform
2019 · simplecast.com · its alternatives →
5
Overcast 2.0▲369
A powerful yet simple audio podcast player
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
6
Podfan▲110
A membership platform for podcasts
2019 · pod.fan · its alternatives →
7
Podcasting on SoundCloud▲260
Now anyone can host a podcast on SoundCloud
2015 · community.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
8
Overcast▲350
The powerful, simple podcast app from Marco Arment
2014 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
9
CastSpot▲73
Podcasters-only networking platform! Speak on other's shows.
2020 · castspot.io · its alternatives →
10
CastUpon▲133
StumbleUpon for podcasts
2019 · castupon.com · its alternatives →
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Owncast – An open-source, self-hosted live streaming server▲241
I wanted to share the status with the Owncast project. If Wordpress is your self-hosted version of Medium, then this is your self-hosted version of Twitch. I've been little by little chipping away at building an easy to use and super useful live streaming server for individuals. It's still early days, but some recent updates include a dashboard where you can see some basic viewer metrics, configuration settings, and how your hardware is handling all that video crunching. We all know working with video can be intensive on the hardware side, so hopefully this helps people keep tabs on things.…
2020 · its alternatives →
12
Supercast▲377
Add a paid membership to your podcast
2019 · supercast.com · its alternatives →
13
Overcast 3.0▲495
A powerful yet simple podcast player
2017 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
14
Podopi▲116
Create a podcast for your blog without effort on your part
2021 · podopi.com · its alternatives →
15
Subcast▲163
Podcasts as simple as radio.
2017 · its alternatives →
16
Pocket Casts▲88
No Paywalls. No Walled Gardens. Just Podcasts.
2025 · play.pocketcasts.com · its alternatives →
17
Make Podcast▲358
Effortlessly craft professional podcasts in minutes using AI
2024 · makepodcast.io · its alternatives →
18
DotPodcast▲79
Search, subscribe, and pay podcasters without being tracked
2018 · its alternatives →
19
Overcast 10▲236
Free, simple, award-winning podcast player
2024 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
20
Pocket Casts 7▲257
The world's most powerful podcast platform, now updated
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Spodcast, a Spotify podcast to RSS proxy▲123
Spodcast is a caching Spotify podcast to RSS proxy. Using Spodcast you can follow Spotify-hosted netcasts/podcasts using any player which supports RSS, thus enabling the use of older hardware which is not compatible with the Spotify (web) app. - Yetangitu/Spodcast
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Resoundly▲227
Start a podcast without recording a thing
2020 · its alternatives →
23
RadioPublic▲156
The podcast app that helps podcasters grow
2019 · its alternatives →
24
Castyr▲133
Like TikTok and Goodreads had a podcast baby
2021 · castyr.com · its alternatives →

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