Podlibre: Podcast Audio Editing for the AI Age

We're building Podlibre—an open-source, cross-platform podcast editor designed specifically for podcasters' workflows, not adapted from music production tools. This is a work-in-progress demo and call for feedback from the FOSS audio community.

Why podcasters need their own tool:

Most podcasters currently rely on DAWs like Audacity, Ardour, or Reaper—tools designed for musicians with workflows that don't match podcast production. Podcasters need noise reduction, mouth click removal, transcript editing synchronized with audio, chapter markers, metadata management (ID3, RSS, Podcasting 2.0 tags), and one-click publishing—not MIDI sequencing or complex mixing boards.

What we'll show you:

• Live WIP demo of Podlibre's plugin-based architecture
• Automated transcription running locally on your laptop—no cloud services required
• Transcript correction UI optimized for keyboard-only editing (inspired by Aegisub but podcast-focused)
• Workflow customization: how our plugin system lets you build your own production pipeline
• Publishing integrations: direct export to Castopod, Funkwhale, Faircamp, and local storage

What we need from you:

Podlibre is funded by Ad Aures (creators of Castopod) and NLnet, currently in active development. We're here to gather feedback from the FOSS audio community: What features matter? What libraries should we integrate? How can we build bridges with existing audio tools (PipeWire, LV2, VST)?

Join us to shape a podcast editor that serves the 350,000+ active podcasters who deserve open-source tools built for their craft.