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Doughnut is a Native Free Podcast Client and Player for macOS

Hazem Abbas

06 Mar 2024 — 1 min read

Doughnut is a Swift-built podcast client, inspired by the discontinued Instacast for Mac. It supports an iTunes-style library, the ability to favorite episodes, and the creation of podcasts without a feed.

Originally built on Electron, Doughnut was rewritten as a native MacOS app in Swift due to high memory usage.

Features

Native look and feel
Lightweight
Add and organize podcast collections
Search and filter podcasts
Manual and automatic refresh
Sort podcasts by new and older
Supports dark theme
Auto play the next podcast
iTunes style library that can be hosted on an internal or network shared drive
Ability to favorite episodes
Ability to create podcasts without a feed, for miscellaneous releases of discontinued podcasts

Install

1- Download from Github

You can download the app from Github releases as it gets regular and stable releases often.

2- Install using Homebrew

Just run the following command in your terminal:

brew install --cask doughnut

3- Build from Source

You will need to install XCode 12.2+ and SwiftLint

brew install swiftlint

Get the code and run it in your XCode

$ git clone [email protected]:dyerc/Doughnut.git
$ cd Doughnut
$ pod install
$ open Doughnut.xcworkspace

Resources & Downloads

Source-code

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