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PinePods

Self-hosted podcast management with cross-device sync

Media Servers ★ 1k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

PinePods is a Rust-based, self-hosted podcast management system that syncs your subscriptions and playback progress across devices. It supports a web client, downloads, and gpodder-compatible sync.

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Key features

  • Cross-device subscription sync
  • gpodder compatibility
  • Episode downloads
  • Multi-user accounts

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Modern Rust codebase
  • Good sync support

Trade-offs

  • Younger project
  • Smaller community

Is PinePods secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for PinePods's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

PinePods replaces

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