https://github.com/ejv2/podbit

Podboat - Improved
https://github.com/ejv2/podbit

command-line newsboat podcast-client unix

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Podboat - Improved

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ejv2/podbit
• Owner: ejv2
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2021-10-02T21:51:06.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-08-14T22:12:38.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-15T00:11:53.176Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: command-line, newsboat, podcast-client, unix
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 540 KB
• Stars: 30
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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README

          
# Podbit - **Podboat Improved**

![Podbit Player](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ejv2/podbit/master/ss.png)

[![AUR Release](https://img.shields.io/aur/version/podbit?color=1793d1&label=podbit&logo=arch-linux)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/podbit/)

[![Makefile CI](https://github.com/ejv2/podbit/actions/workflows/makefile.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ejv2/podbit/actions/workflows/makefile.yml)

[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/ethanv2/podbit)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/ethanv2/podbit)

Podbit is a replacement for ``newsboat``'s standard podboat tool for listening to podcasts. It is minimal, performant and tries to focus just on being a podcast client, rather than an RSS reader. Podbit has an ncurses terminal user interface and vi-like keybindings.

Podbit runs on Linux and the BSDs.

## Features

* Reads the standard ``newsboat`` queue file to integrate seamlessly

* Automatic podcast downloading, including in parallel

* Podcast playing using ``mpv``

* Podcast caching and automatic deletion once finished

* Vi-like "hjkl" to navigate the interface

## Requirements

Podbit is written in Go. So, to build, you will need a copy of the Go command line tool. In addition, you will need:

* *ncurses* development libraries and headers, including wide character support (*libncusesw*)

* A normal install of ``mpv``

* A copy of GNU Make

* Newsboat to enqueue podcasts - *(optional)*

* A YouTube downloader tool, such as ``youtube-dl`` or ``yt-dlp``, to download YouTube podcasts - *(optional)*

Because of security issues in the Go tool, the provided Makefile must be used instead of simply ``go build``.