Feature Request: Linux App
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@peterjmello – Thanks for the feedback on this. I’ve added the details to our feature request for our developers to keep in mind.
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I use Linux as a daily driver as well and would wish to see an official Pocket Casts app for the platform.
@peterjmello The devs can also release it as an AppImage; they are distro agnostic as well.
Also, can someone detail what advantages do the official Windows/MacOS apps have over the web player as of now?
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Thanks @strummerj912 – I have added your vote.
Also, can someone detail what advantages do the official Windows/MacOS apps have over the web player as of now?
The desktop apps essentially offer the same functionality as the web player, so it’s mostly just personal preference whether you prefer to use the app in a dedicated window, or use the web player in a browser.
There is slightly better support for chapters in the desktop apps compared to the web player, so if that’s important to you, you may prefer the desktop apps.
The desktop apps also have beta programs where you can test upcoming features before general release: https://support.pocketcasts.com/knowledge-base/beta-testing/
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@rustyshacklefordtaken Thanks for your input! I’ve added your vote to the feature request.
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Long-time paid Pocket Casts user here; I also volunteer for Flathub (the Linux app store). Now that the app is available to all users, I’d love to help get the app onto Flathub so it can be easily installed from the built-in apps store for Linux users across platforms including Fedora, Linux Mint, elementary OS, Endless OS, and a bunch more. Is there any way the source for the Electron app will be opened up e.g. on GitHub, so it would be easier for me to do that? Otherwise we would need a Linux export to be made from you all, either as a a binary or even as an AppImage, RPM, or Deb (any of which can be easily pulled into a Flatpak).
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Hey @cassidyjamesblaede! Thanks for being a long-time supporter and for offering your help!
Right now, the main challenge is keeping the app up-to-date across platforms. If we were to provide a Linux binary, we’d need a solid way to automate builds and updates—something we haven’t set up yet.
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I’d love to see this too. In the AUR is a webapp-wrapper but its not that stable as the official windows app, sadly
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I agree that a native linux app could be nice, even if I mostly listen to podcasts on the go on Android. But isn’t a sophisticated PWA with a local first approach considered a more modern way to do it nowadays? :)
Long time Pocket Casts user on Android, and with Fedora Sway as my only desktop environment.
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Now that I think of my original reply, I was being naive. Pocket Casts can’t make a first class Linux app. Unless they use the GTK/Qt toolkit and actually make a first party app that doesn’t use 1GB RAM just to play what is an audio file.
Heck, write a terminal client only (they are much lighter on the CPU, have configurable key bindings ).
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Heck, write a terminal client only (they are much lighter on the CPU, have configurable key bindings ).
This would certainly be an interesting approach for us! I’ll go ahead and forward this along to our team to take into consideration as well!
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If you open up your API for subscription management, playback state, and profile information, users would do all of this work for you :)
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+1 I would like to place my vote in a Linux app as well.
I recently transitioned all my Windows-based systems back to Linux due to Microsoft’s Windows 11 push. There are dozens of us! :)
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