What are the best podcast clients (podcatchers) for Linux?

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Best podcast clients (podcatchers) for Linux	Price	License	Release Date
-- gPodder	-	-	-
-- Clementine	-	GPL-3.0-or-later	2016-19-04
-- bashpodder	-	-	-

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Clementine

Top Pro

Looks good and is really responsive

Unlike some other players in this list, Clementine doesn't seem to go unresponsive in the Ubuntu 16.04 system and looks really good with options for Visualization too. See More

Top Con

Slow development

Very little development work has been going on for a while as of mid-2017. Nobody is responding to bug reports. See More

PahanCafa's Experience

Is the best music player, very light, intuitive, configurable, and with excelente sound See More

Specs

License:GPL-3.0-or-later

Release Date:2016-19-04

Development:Open Source

Top Pro

Very good folder organization

Organizes your music folder based on the tags of your library. See More

Top Pro

Can display song lyrics

Fetches lyrics from several lyric providers. See More

Top Pro

Sensible UI

A fork of the 1.X line of Amarok, Clementine favours usability over design trends. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive and fast to set up

Clementine is easy to get up and running with lyrics, equalizer, online info, etc., within minutes after installation. See More

Top Pro

Decent library management

Clementine allows the user to move and organize audio files easily. Some examples include the following: It's easy to find a specific album song (find artist, select album, select song). It's easy to add songs to a playlist and queue the songs. It's easy to rename files from their metadata (artist, album, song number, etc). It's easy to add cover images. There are options to find duplicates, untagged songs, etc. See More

Top Pro

Supports a lot of online services

Clementine includes support for services such as Ampache, Google Play Music, Spotify, and many internet radio stations such as Jamendo and Icecast. It's also possible to search all available sources (local and online) at once, as well as mixed content playlists. See More

Top Pro

Creates playlists based on past music you listened to

Clementine gathers the user's listening data to use for smart playlists. Clementine uses your listening history to play music similar to the music you play most - which typically is music you will like but maybe haven't discovered yet. See More

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What are the best podcast clients (podcatchers) for Linux?

3 Options Considered

gPodder

My Recommendation for gPodder

My Recommendation for gPodder

Intergration with podcast directory

Mature codebase

Single purpose program

Clementine

My Recommendation for Clementine

My Recommendation for Clementine

Looks good and is really responsive

Slow development

Very good folder organization

Can display song lyrics

Sensible UI

Intuitive and fast to set up

Decent library management

Supports a lot of online services

Creates playlists based on past music you listened to

bashpodder

My Recommendation for bashpodder

My Recommendation for bashpodder

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