PodFetch
Sleek and efficient podcast downloader.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 63 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.2.3 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Media Management: Sonarr Cloud alternatives.
At a glance
PodFetch quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 519
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.2.3, Aug 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Podfetch is a self-hosted podcast manager. It is a web app that lets you download podcasts and listen to them online. It is written in Rust and uses React for the frontend. It also contains a GPodder integration, so you can continue using your current podcast app. It supports Podcasting 2.0 transcripts with full-text search across everything spoken in your episodes, and can generate missing transcripts via any OpenAI-compatible Whisper API."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PodFetch scores 91/100, #11 of 30 in Media Management: 63 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.2.3, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 519 stars add 10.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
63 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.2.3 released 3 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 10.9 / 20
519 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 63
- Last 90 days
- 610
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between Lingarr (#10) and Reaparr (#12) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Rust |
| Latest release | v5.2.3 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 519 |
| Open issues | 9 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | SamTV12345/PodFetch ↗ |
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PodFetch: common questions
Is PodFetch still maintained?
PodFetch had 63 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, v5.2.3, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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