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overview

Package summary

Turn YouTube or Vimeo channels, users, or playlists into podcast feeds

Project links

Commands and aliases

podsync

history

Project history and usage

Podsync is a self-hosted service that converts supported video channels, users, and playlists into podcast feeds.

Project history

Podsync was developed as a self-hosted Go service for consuming YouTube and Vimeo content through podcast applications. Its scope grew to include scheduled updates, filters, feed customization, cleanup policies, OPML export, hooks, and multiple storage arrangements.

Later releases replaced youtube-dl with yt-dlp and expanded container-based deployment, while retaining TOML configuration and API-token support.

Adoption history

Podsync supports local binaries, Docker, Docker Compose, ARM systems, and several operating systems. Its official repository publishes release binaries and container images, making it practical for self-hosters who do not want to build the Go service themselves.

How it is used

Users define feeds and API tokens in a chosen config.toml file or provide supported tokens through PODSYNC_* environment variables, then run the service periodically or continuously. Generated feeds can be subscribed to in ordinary podcast applications.

Why package nerds care

Podsync joins web-video downloading and podcast infrastructure: it turns channel or playlist updates into ordinary RSS enclosures that podcast clients can download, resume, synchronize, and play offline. Its explicit yt-dlp and FFmpeg dependencies make the media-processing pipeline visible and replaceable.

Timeline

Early project: Podsync established a Go service and TOML-based feed configuration for YouTube and Vimeo.
Later releases: Container deployment, filtering, cleanup, hooks, and additional feed customization were added.
Downloader transition: The project replaced youtube-dl with yt-dlp.

Related projects

yt-dlp performs the underlying media extraction and download work, while FFmpeg supplies audio/video conversion capabilities required by Podsync's feed-generation workflow.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:sync

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 9 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: config.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: config.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`podsync`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04

manager version2.8.0

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.8.0

https://github.com/mxpv/podsync

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:podsync
Version	2.8.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/podsync
Homepage	https://github.com/mxpv/podsync
Repository	https://github.com/mxpv/podsync
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/mxpv/podsync/archive/refs/tags/v2.8.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T11:45:02Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	ffmpeg, yt-dlp
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	podsync
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/podsync.yml

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curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
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