Castopod

Deploy Castopod on Kubernetes using the official castopod/castopod container image. Castopod is an open-source podcast hosting platform with built-in analytics, Fediverse integration, and RSS feed generation.

Key Features

• MariaDB Backend — bundled MariaDB subchart or external database support
• Redis Cache — optional Redis subchart for improved performance
• RSS Feed — automatic podcast RSS feed generation
• Analytics — built-in podcast analytics with hashed listener tracking
• Fediverse Integration — ActivityPub support for social interactions
• Persistence — persistent storage for uploads, cache, and session data

Installation

HTTPS repository:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm repo update
helm install castopod helmforge/castopod

OCI registry:

helm install castopod oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/castopod

Basic Example

# values.yaml
castopod:
  baseURL: 'https://podcast.example.com'

mariadb:
  enabled: true

redis:
  enabled: true

persistence:
  enabled: true
  size: 10Gi

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: traefik
  hosts:
    - host: podcast.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix

Key Values

Key	Default	Description
castopod.baseURL	""	Public base URL (required)
castopod.port	8080	Application port (FrankenPHP)
mariadb.enabled	true	Enable bundled MariaDB subchart
redis.enabled	false	Enable bundled Redis subchart
persistence.enabled	true	Enable persistent storage
persistence.size	10Gi	PVC size
ingress.enabled	false	Enable ingress

More Information

• Castopod documentation
• Source code