PolitePol vs Podgrab

PolitePol

RSS generator website (by taroved)

Podgrab

A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player. (by akhilrex)

Automation Podcast podcast-player podcast-downloader self-hosted Golang open-source

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PolitePol		Podgrab
	Project
6	Mentions	50
359	Stars	1,503
-	Growth	-
1.5	Activity	0.0
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Less	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

PolitePol

Posts with mentions or reviews of PolitePol. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-02.

Searching for Open Source RSS feed code!
3 projects | /r/rss | 2 Apr 2023
feed43 is no longer supported. I'd be happy to pay if someone made this for me. I have an idea for an RSS feed generator.
5 projects | /r/rss | 3 Oct 2022

Remember Politepol can be self-hosted: https://github.com/taroved/pol
How to self-host politepol in docker container to Heroku hosting?
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 17 Apr 2022

I wish to host this politepol: https://github.com/taroved/pol to my own heroku hosting.
Electric Tables – an experiment in personal databases
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jan 2022
Any recommendations for a self-hosted website/search query monitor?
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 2 Jul 2021

Politepol for random page monitoring
Launch HN: Athens Research (YC W21) – Open-Source Roam Research
16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Mar 2021

Similar tool for "RSS from any page": https://github.com/taroved/pol#readme
Not sure what are the differences though

Podgrab

Posts with mentions or reviews of Podgrab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-02.

The end of Google Podcasts is in June if you're not in the US
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Apr 2024

I use Podgrab[0].
Light footprint, easy to use -- and no reliance on Google or anyone else.
[0] https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab
Does anybody else hoard podcasts?
1 project | /r/DataHoarder | 11 Dec 2023
The Tailscale Universal Docker Mod
22 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2023
A simple website to download podcast mp3 files | podcastdownloader.com
1 project | /r/SideProject | 17 Aug 2023

I found a great tool for myself as a programmer here but not everybody knows how to set that up https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab. So I build a simple little website here for anybody who has the same problem.
What's a software you searched to selfhost but is still missing to you ?
45 projects | /r/selfhosted | 10 Apr 2023

Something podgrab could fix? https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab
PodFetch v1.1.0 release
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 8 Apr 2023

How does it compare to podgrab?
Selfhosted podcast player alternative PodFetch
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Mar 2023

I created an alternative for [Podgrab](https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab) named [PodFetch](https://github.com/SamTV12345/PodFetch) it contains more features than Podgrab and also includes many bug fixes like a local RSS feed. (Bonus: The backend is written in Rust :D ). You can search podcasts via iTunes or via PodcastIndex.org, download, find local podcasts or subscribe to the local rss feeds.
What are your top self hosted services that you are very satisfied with ?
71 projects | /r/selfhosted | 17 Jan 2023

Podgrab to download my podcasts
App suggestions
1 project | /r/PrologueApp | 13 Dec 2022

I am thinking that if users are willing to automate a workflow to download new episodes to their Plex Library ( just came across podgrab (https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab) which makes me think automating episode download to Plex library should be easy. And then your podcast app can do the magic you have done with Prologue.
self hosted podcasts ?
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 10 Dec 2022

It looks like there's an option to export an OPML file containing Podgrab feed links, which could then be imported into any application (I like AntennaPod)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PolitePol and Podgrab you can also consider the following projects:

rss-proxy - RSS-proxy allows you to do create an RSS or ATOM feed of almost any website, just by analyzing just the static HTML structure.

Lidarr - Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music.

Headphones - Automatic music downloader for SABnzbd

jellyfin-plugin-opds

RSS Merger - Powerfull PHP aggregator of RSS feeds

spotifeed - A simple service to serve up Spotify podcasts as RSS feeds for use in any podcast app.

Kibitzr - Personal Web Assistant

docker-readarr - Container for readarr.com

TriggerHappy

RSS-Bridge - The RSS feed for websites missing it

Medusa - Automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic.