Podlibre

The all-in-one, open-source, privacy-first desktop app made for podcasters—by podcasters.

Designed to make podcast editing faster, enrich your episodes with metadata, and make your content more accessible with transcripts and chapters— as long as your podcast host is Podcasting 2.0 certified.

Take back control of your podcast workflow.

What is Podlibre?

Podlibre is a powerful, open-source, cross-platform desktop app designed from the ground up for podcasters. It’s not just a new tool—it’s a flexible framework that empowers creators to shape their own workflow.

At its heart is a modular plugin architecture: every feature—from audio filtering to transcription, publishing to hosting—is a plugin. That means you can add, swap, or customize components to fit your needs. Want to use a different transcription engine? Integrate a local LLM to generate metadata? Publish directly to a new podcast platform or social network? Go for it.

Whether you're a podcaster, developer, researcher, or service provideryou are welcome. Create new plugins, bring your ideas, or simply contribute to the vibrant community that's working together to keep podcasting open, innovative, and creator-friendly.

What Can You Do With Podlibre?

  • 🎛️ Noise reduction & mouth noise editing
  • 🎚️ Simple multi-track audio editing
  • 🎵 Music insertion and audio mixing
  • ✍️ Automatic transcription and manual correction
  • 📖 Chapter editing & metadata (ID3, RSS, Podcasting 2.0)
  • 🌐 Publish locally or to platforms like Castopod, Funkwhale, Faircamp, static website via FTP, or build your own connector…
  • 🔌 Modular plugin system—customize your workflow
  • 💡 Your very own features!

Built with—and for—the Community

Podlibre was born from conversations with real podcasters. It's been shaped by the Castopod community and the wider open-source ecosystem. But we’re just getting started.

Thanks to its plugin architecture, Podlibre is open to every service provider—whether you offer transcription APIs, AI metadata generation, podcast analytics, distribution, or social sharing. Our framework makes it easy to integrate your services and reach an audience that values openness and control.

Everyone is welcome. Podcasters, developers, designers, language translators, accessibility experts, and dreamers. 🌍 Let’s build the future of podcasting—together, and let’s keep it open and decentralized. ✊

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