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 reads the newsboat queue file for podcasts from RSS. Downloads are completed in parallel. Once downloaded, audio files are played using mpv in the background, with an ncmpcpp inspired user interface. Podcasts are downloaded to your configured download directory via the newsboat configuration file.
This is free and open source software.
Key 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.
Website: github.com/ejv2/podbit
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Developer: Ethan Marshall
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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