Audio and podcasting

Podbean alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

advplyr/audiobookshelf13,886GPL-3.0Self-hosted server to manage, serve and stream audiobooks and podcasts with a web UI and player.Open on GitHub microfeed/microfeed4,033AGPL-3.0Lightweight self-hosted CMS that publishes podcasts, blogs and media with feed generation and UI.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Ads marketplace and advertiser matching
Programmatic dynamic ad insertion marketplace
Apple Podcasts Subscriptions integration workflow and payments
Mobile recording app and built-in remote recording/collaboration
Enterprise features (SSO, SOC2 attestation, 24/7 support, team/network tools)

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Podbean, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.