Castopod @Castopod@podlibre.social

We are saddened by the passing of @Todd_Blubrry, a true pioneer of podcasting and a lifelong advocate of open RSS.

We had the chance to meet him at Podcast Movement 2019, when Castopod was only an idea. He listened, advised, and encouraged us.

His values will continue to guide the podcasting world.

Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

🚀 Castopod 1.13.5 is available.

This one smooths a couple of rough edges and tidies the engine room.

🔏 In the fediverse module, posts now include an is_private field so private posts stay out of public views.
📅 We fixed the episodes season/year dropdown by giving it a max height with auto-scroll.
💬 We added the Discourse social network.
➕ Plus some other stuff…

More informations here:
📦 https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/releases/v1.13.5

So please: when you interact with us, remember—behind every open source project, there are real people who care.

Go podcasting!

—Benjamin

Castopod doesn’t pay our rent. We’re a small team, working on this project out of passion.

And we plan to keep going. There are many things ahead, and we’re excited to share them with you.

Some people help us—and we’re enormously grateful. Whether it’s money, time, or talent—translations, bug reports, fixes, blog posts, or just spreading the word: thank you.

Every bit of help means a lot.

We don’t split features into “free” and “paid.” We don’t sell essential plugins. We don’t restrict functionality.

We want full freedom. Half freedom wouldn’t make sense to us.

Why do we do this? Because we believe in the 4 software freedoms:

The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.

The freedom to study and change it.

The freedom to share copies.

The freedom to share your modifications.

That’s why Castopod exists.

Please don’t misunderstand: not only do we value feedback—we need it. Open source cannot exist without a community, and that includes critical feedback.

We welcome it. But empathy matters too.

We understand that waiting for a fix is frustrating. We also use open source software; we’ve been in your shoes.

So when you spot a bug, please remember: there are real people behind this project. Try to be kind.