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# Castopod
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Castopod is an open-source podcast hosting solution for everyone. Whether you
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are a beginner, an amateur or a professional, you will get everything you need:
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create, upload, publish, manage server subscriptions (WebSub embedded server),
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connect to the usual directories (Apple, Google, Spotify…), connect to the
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Fediverse (ActivityPub, Mastodon, Pleroma…) and measure your audience (IAB 2.0
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compliant) so that you can monetize your content. Take back control: interact
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with your audience on your plateform (like, share, comment), the social network
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IS the podcast. Of course you may also export to proprietary social
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networks(Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook). Castopod can be hosted on any
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PHP/MySQL server: Unzip it and you and other podcasters are ready to broadcast
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professionally.
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## Free
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Castopod is a free and open-source solution (AGPL v3). Whether you choose to
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install it on your own server or have it hosted by a professional, all your data
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and analytics belong to you and you only.
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## Social Media
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Castopod is a part of Fediverse (Mastodon, Pleroma, PixelFed, PeerTube…).
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Podcasters and their audience can post, subscribe, like, comment and share
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natively. Millions of users already on Fediverse will be able to interact
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seamlessly.
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## Flexible
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Castopod is compatible with all Podcasts players and platforms (it can
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automatically generate an RSS feed). Moreover Podcasters can choose to publish
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on Castopod while keeping their existing hosting solution (it can automatically
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generate posts from an existing RSS feed).
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## Documentation
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You can check castopod's documentation for
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[setting up a development environment](./docs/setup-development.md).
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## Support
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[Castopod](https://nlnet.nl/project/Castopod/) was funded through the
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[NGI0 Discovery](https://nlnet.nl/discovery/) Fund, a fund established by NLnet
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with financial support from the European Commission's
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[Next Generation Internet](https://www.ngi.eu/) programme, under the aegis of DG
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Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 825322.
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