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    A self-hosted podcast manager to download episodes as soon as they become live
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## Table of Contents

- [About the Project](#about-the-project)
  - [Motivation](#motivation)
  - [Built With](#built-with)
  - [Features](#features)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [License](#license)
- [Roadmap](#roadmap)
- [Contact](#contact)

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## About The Project

Podgrab is a is a self-hosted podcast manager which automatically downloads latest podcast episodes. It is a light-weight application built using GO.

It works best if you already know which podcasts you want to monitor. However there is a podcast search system powered by iTunes built into Podgrab

*Developers Note: This project is under active development which means I release new updates very frequently. It is recommended that you use something like [watchtower](https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower) which will automatically update your containers whenever I release a new version or periodically rebuild the container with the latest image manually.*

### Motivation

Podgrab started as a tool that I initially built to solve a specific problem I had. During the COVID pandemic times I started going for a run. I do not prefer taking my phone along so I would add podcast episodes to my smart watch which could be connected with my bluetooth earphones. Most podcasting apps do not expose the mp3 files directly which is why I decided to build this quick tool for myself. Once it reached a stage where my requirements were fulfilled I decided to make it a little pretty and share it with everyone else.

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[More Screenshots](Screenshots.md)

### Built With

- [Go](https://golang.org/)
- [Go-Gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin)
- [GORM](https://github.com/go-gorm/gorm)
- [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/index.html)

### Features
- Download/Archive complete podcast
- Auto-download new episodes
- Tag/Label podcasts into groups
- Download on demand
- Podcast Discovery - Search and Add podcasts using iTunes API
- Full-fledged podcast player - Play downloaded files or stream from original source. Play single episodes, full podcasts and podcast groups(tags)
- Add using direct RSS feed URL / OMPL import / Search
- Basic Authentication
- Existing episode file detection - Prevent re-downloading files if already present
- Easy OPML import/export
- Customizable episode names
- Dark Mode
- Self Hosted / Open Source
- Docker support

## Installation

The easiest way to run Podgrab is to run it as a docker container.

### Using Docker

Simple setup without mounted volumes (for testing and evaluation)

```sh
  docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name=podgrab akhilrex/podgrab
```

Binding local volumes to the container

```sh
   docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name=podgrab -v "/host/path/to/assets:/assets" -v "/host/path/to/config:/config"  akhilrex/podgrab
```

### Using Docker-Compose

Modify the docker compose file provided [here](https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab/blob/master/docker-compose.yml) to update the volume and port binding and run the following command

```yaml
version: "2.1"
services:
  podgrab:
    image: akhilrex/podgrab
    container_name: podgrab
    environment:
      - CHECK_FREQUENCY=240
     # - PASSWORD=password     ## Uncomment to enable basic authentication, username = podgrab
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/config
      - /path/to/data:/assets
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    restart: unless-stopped
```

```sh
   docker-compose up -d
```
### Build from Source / Ubuntu Installation

Although personally I feel that using the docker container is the best way of using and enjoying something like Podgrab, a lot of people in the community are still not comfortable with using Docker and wanted to host it natively on their Linux servers. Follow the link below to get a guide on how to build Podgrab from source.

[Build from source / Ubuntu Guide](docs/ubuntu-install.md)
### Environment Variables

| Name            | Description                                                             | Default |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| CHECK_FREQUENCY | How frequently to check for new episodes and missing files (in minutes) | 30      |
| PASSWORD        | Set to some no empty value to enable Basic Authentication, username `podgrab`|(empty)|

### Setup

- Enable *websocket support* if running behind a reverse proxy. This is needed for the "Add to playlist" functionality.
- Go through the settings page once and change relevant settings before adding podcasts.

## License

Distributed under the GPL-3.0 License. See `LICENSE` for more information.

## Roadmap

- [x] Basic Authentication
- [x] Append Date to filename
- [x] iTunes Search
- [x] Existing episodes detection (Will not redownload if files exist even with a fresh install)
- [x] Downloading/downloaded indicator
- [x] Played/Unplayed Flag
- [x] OPML import
- [x] OPML export
- [x] In built podcast player
- [ ] Set ID3 tags if not set 
- [ ] Filtering and Sorting options
- [ ] Native installer for Windows/Linux/MacOS




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## Contact

Akhil Gupta - [@akhilrex](https://twitter.com/akhilrex)

Project Link: [https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab](https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab)

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