Install podcast-dl with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• podcast-dl

Project history

podcast-dl developed as an open-source Node.js command-line utility for downloading and archiving podcasts. The project later added standalone binaries and extensive controls for archival state, templates, metadata, transcripts, images, filtering, and ffmpeg-based processing.

Adoption history

The project is distributed through npm/npx, downloadable standalone binaries, and Homebrew. Its official GitHub repository also shows a modest community of users and contributors around a specialized archival workflow.

How it is used

Users supply a podcast RSS URL or local RSS file. The tool can download selected episodes, maintain a JSON archive to avoid duplicates, save metadata, images, and transcripts, generate templated filenames, and post-process audio with ffmpeg.

Why package nerds care

podcast-dl is useful to archivists and self-hosters because it turns an RSS feed into ordinary local media and metadata rather than tying an archive to a podcast application. Its archive file, filename templates, filtering, and post-processing options make repeatable collections practical.

Timeline

• Current project: Distributed through npm/npx, release binaries, and Homebrew.

Related projects

• RSS
• rss-parser
• ffmpeg
• global-agent

Sources

• https://github.com/lightpohl/podcast-dl
• https://github.com/lightpohl/podcast-dl/tree/main/docs