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Open source alternatives to Podbean

We track 4 open-source Podbean alternatives, of which 1 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 4 ship a Docker image. Audiobookshelf leads on health at 97/100 with 104 commits in the last 90 days; across all 4 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0.

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Alternatives
19k
Combined stars
169
Commits / 90 days
4
With Docker
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Showing 4 of 4 tools

All 4 Podbean alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Audiobookshelf

    97 GOOD

    Audiobook and podcast server. It streams all audio formats, keeps and syncs progress across devices. Comes with apps for Android and iOS.

    ★ 14k · ⟳ 3 days ago · v2.36.0 · GPL-3.0

    DockerdebNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • AzuraCast

    69 SLOWING

    Modern and accessible web radio management suite.

    ★ 4k · ⟳ 5 days ago · 0.19.0 · Apache-2.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • LibreTime

    46 SLOWING

    Broadcast streaming radio on the web (fork of [Airtime](https://github.com/sourcefabric/Airtime)).

    ★ 940 · ⟳ 3 days ago · 4.5.0 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerPHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Castopod

    20 STALE

    Podcast management hosting platform that includes the latest podcast 2.0 standards, an automated Fediverse feed, analytics, an embeddable player, and more.

    AGPL-3.0

    DockerPHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Podbean alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Podbean?

Audiobookshelf scores highest at 97/100, with 104 commits in the last 90 days, 14k GitHub stars and its latest release (v2.36.0) published 2 months ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Podbean alternatives use a permissive licence?

1 of 4 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): AzuraCast (Apache-2.0). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Podbean alternatives run in Docker?

4 of 4 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Audiobookshelf, AzuraCast, LibreTime, Castopod. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.