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Castopod Castopod Server is an open-source hosting platform made for podcasters who want engage and interact

🎉 Happy New Year 2026! 🎊As we enter this new year, we want to extend our warmest thanks to our community who supports an...
31/12/2025

🎉 Happy New Year 2026! 🎊

As we enter this new year, we want to extend our warmest thanks to our community who supports and engages with Castopod. Your trust and feedback fuel our mission every day.

A message to all podcasters: Keep creating in 2026! And to those considering starting a podcast: give it a try. Podcasting remains one of the last social networks not entirely controlled by a big corporation. In a world dominated by algorithms, we need diversity and authentic voices.

2025 was a milestone year for Castopod:
⬆️ 1,000 active podcasts hosted on our platform
⬆️ Over 43,000 episodes published
⬆️ 800+ GitHub stars
⬆️ 30+ language translations by 70+ volunteer translators
⬆️ 200+ contributors to the project

Thank you to every podcaster who trusts us with hosting their creation. Your confidence means everything to us.

Looking ahead to 2026: We're preparing exciting new features and improvements. Stay tuned for announcements!

🇧🇪 We'll be at FOSDEM in Brussels – come meet the team and discuss the future of open-source podcasting.
👉 Social Web DevRooom
👉 Audio, Video & Graphics Creation DevRoom

Here's to a year of digital sovereignty, open source innovation, and independent media creation! 🚀

The first 3 words you find in this grid will (totally scientifically) define your 2026 podcasting journey! 🎙️✨Drop your ...
29/12/2025

The first 3 words you find in this grid will (totally scientifically) define your 2026 podcasting journey! 🎙️✨
Drop your 3 words below! 👇

🎉 Apple Podcasts now supports chapters—including the Podcasting 2.0  tag!This is the second time Apple has embraced a co...
05/11/2025

🎉 Apple Podcasts now supports chapters—including the Podcasting 2.0 tag!

This is the second time Apple has embraced a community-driven standard (after transcripts in March 2024), proving that the "not-invented-here" syndrome is NOT a fatality.

Chapters + transcripts = better discoverability, accessibility, and search for the entire podcast ecosystem.

The network effect is beginning. 🚀

Read more on the Castopod blog:

Apple Podcasts' adoption of the Podcasting 2.0 chapters standard proves that community-driven, open specifications can triumph over proprietary solutions—and marks another milestone in making podcasts more discoverable and accessible for everyone.

🎉🧩 Castopod’s official plugin repository is live!The new plugin ecosystem for podcasting is ready: discover, install, an...
08/10/2025

🎉🧩 Castopod’s official plugin repository is live!
The new plugin ecosystem for podcasting is ready: discover, install, and share plugins for the upcoming v2.

👉 Learn more at

We’re thrilled to announce the Official Castopod Plugin Repository is live at plugins.castopod.org, the new open‑source hub to discover and manage Castopod plugins! Inspired by familiar developer package ecosystems, it makes finding, evaluating, and installing plugins straightforward. You can no...

🎙️ Catch Castopod at the IBC - International Broadcasting Convention 2024 this Saturday in Amsterdam!Benjamin Bellamy wi...
09/09/2024

🎙️ Catch Castopod at the IBC - International Broadcasting Convention 2024 this Saturday in Amsterdam!

Benjamin Bellamy will be presenting "Castopod in 5 Minutes: Open-Source Podcast Hosting" as part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Open Source Meetup.

Whether you’re an indie podcaster or running a multi-show network, Castopod is the open-source platform that gives you control over your content, audience, analytics…

🗓️ When: Saturday, 14 September 2024, 16:00 CEST
📍 Where: EBU stand (10.D21) at IBC Amsterdam

Discover how Castopod can power your podcasting journey with features like Podcasting 2.0, Fediverse integration, built-in analytics, and more!

And don’t miss the full Open Source Meetup lineup – it’s packed with innovative projects for media and broadcasting!
👉️ Catena Media presented by Chris Lennon (Ross Video)
👉️ Using video.js by Kemal Görgülü (ARTE)
👉️ MediaConch by the amazing Jerome Martinez (MediaArea)
👉️ Open Source DAB SPI creator with radio die-hard Nick Piggott (Opendigitalradio)
👉️ Time-addressable Media Stores (TAMS) - Sam Mesterton-Gibbons (BBC R&D)
👉️ SCTE-35 and MABR with GPAC - with Nils Duval (Motion Spell)
👉️ C2PA - presented by Kenneth Warmuth (WDR)
👉️ ADM software and libraries - Matt Firth (BBC R&D/EBU)
👉️ Adding NGA (ADM and S-ADM) tracks to IMF packages with IMF Tool - Wolfgang Ruppel (Hochschule RheinMain)
👉️ NMOS and Chill: kickstart your implementation with sender and receiver code - Pedro Ferreira (Bisect)

Plus, free drinks and great networking opportunities await.

💬 See you at IBC!

In today's digital landscape, maintaining control over your content is more crucial than ever. When you rely solely on t...
02/09/2024

In today's digital landscape, maintaining control over your content is more crucial than ever. When you rely solely on third-party platforms, you're subject to their rules, algorithms, and policies, which can limit your creative freedom and influence. For podcasters, this means your voice could be censored, your content deprioritized, and your audience fragmented across various platforms, making genuine interaction challenging.

Castopod empowers you to retain complete control over both your content and your audience. By self-hosting your podcast with Castopod, you ensure that your creations remain fully yours—free from the limitations imposed by third-party services. Moreover, Castopod connects you directly with your listeners through the Fediverse, a decentralized network that enables open, censorship-resistant communication. The Fediverse is essential for free speech in podcasting because it allows podcasters to interact directly with their audience without relying on centralized platforms that could stifle their voice.

With Castopod, your podcasts are still available on all major platforms—Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, and more—while you maintain full control over your distribution and interaction.

Ready to reclaim your podcasting freedom?

Castopod is absolutely free to download and use.

Experience the power of self-hosting and the Fediverse today! 🚀

06/08/2024

Octobre 2024... La grande fête du podcast à Paris ! Retrouvez le Paris Podcast Festival (11-13 octobre) et PodParis (12 -13 octobre ) : deux festivals complémentaires animés par la même passion du podcast. Pour que nous soyons encore plus nombreux.ses à nous rencontrer, à partager et à célébrer le plaisir de se faire entendre et de s’écouter.

Check out the new grid page on the Castopod Index website.Now you can explore all podcasts in a sleek, easy-to-navigate ...
28/06/2024

Check out the new grid page on the Castopod Index website.
Now you can explore all podcasts in a sleek, easy-to-navigate grid format.
Discover your next favorite show today! 🎙️✨
👉️ https://index.castopod.org/grid.html

Last week, we've released Castopod v2.0.0-next.1, introducing the new Plugins Architecture.Want to know what this means ...
17/06/2024

Last week, we've released Castopod v2.0.0-next.1, introducing the new Plugins Architecture.

Want to know what this means for podcasting?

Here's a deep dive into what this new direction entails 👇
https://blog.castopod.org/castopod-plugins-architecture/
🙏 A huge thank to all contributors and to the NLnet foundation for your support!

Castopod Plugins are now a reality with v2.0.0-next.1! Dive into our new Plugins Architecture, offering extensive customization for the open-source podcast hosting platform.

🔥 🚀🧩 Exciting times at Castopod!We are thrilled to announce the launch of Castopod v2.0.0-next.1, introducing our innova...
12/06/2024

🔥 🚀🧩 Exciting times at Castopod!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Castopod v2.0.0-next.1, introducing our innovative Plugins Architecture!

This release marks the beginning of an experimental phase where developers can build and integrate plugins, extending the capabilities of Castopod and refining the architecture towards a stable v2. 🎉

🚨 Please note:

This "next" version may involve some breaking changes as we continue to develop and perfect the platform.

Castopod v1 will still receive ongoing support for security updates and bug fixes.

👀 Key features of this release include:

New Plugins module with foundational files for the plugins architecture.

Enhanced settings management for general, podcast, and episode-specific plugins.

Dynamic hooks for podcast and episode data manipulation during RSS generation.

Introduction of JSON schema for plugin manifests and improved UI error handling.

🔗 Dive deeper into our new plugins feature and explore the potential: https://docs.castopod.org/next/en/plugins/

📄 For a detailed look at what’s new, check out our release notes: https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/releases/v2.0.0-next.1

We invite our community to engage with this new release and provide feedback to help us evolve and improve.

Let's innovate together to make Castopod even more powerful and user-friendly!

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