Self-hosted CMS that publishes podcasts, posts, photos and links as a website, RSS feed and JSON Feed on Cloudflare
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Self-hosted alternatives to Spotify for Creators
Spotify for Creators, formerly Anchor and Spotify for Podcasters, is Spotify's podcast hosting and creator tool for uploading audio and video episodes, distributing them and tracking performance. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Spotify for Creators describes on its own site.
Spotify for Creators features, app by app
| Feature | microfeed |
|---|---|
| Podcast hosting for audio and video | Yes |
| Distribution to Spotify and other major podcast apps | Partly |
| Video episodes delivered as audio through the RSS feed on other platforms | Partly |
| Analytics on performance on Spotify and other platforms | Partly |
| Comments and polls for listener feedback | No |
| Spotify Partner Program ad revenue share | No |
| Podcast subscriptions, including connecting Patreon or Substack | No |
| Show customization with video thumbnails, transcripts and chapters | Yes |
Self-hosted CMS that publishes podcasts, posts, photos and links as a website, RSS feed and JSON Feed on Cloudflare
- What a Spotify for Creators user would miss
- It has no listener comments or polls, no ad revenue share, no subscriptions and no statistics dashboard.
- What it adds
- Built by Listen Notes on one Worker with D1 and R2, with an RSS feed, a JSON Feed and an agent CLI.
- Yes Podcast hosting for audio and video. Audio and video uploaded to R2 and served as the RSS enclosure.
- Partly Distribution to Spotify and other major podcast apps. Subscribe links to directories, but the RSS URL is submitted by hand.
- Partly Video episodes delivered as audio through the RSS feed on other platforms. Video items are carried in the feed; no audio track extraction found.
- Partly Analytics on performance on Spotify and other platforms. OP3 or Podtrac tracking prefixes on media URLs; no built-in statistics.
- No Comments and polls for listener feedback. No comments or polls found.
- No Spotify Partner Program ad revenue share. No ad revenue sharing found.
- No Podcast subscriptions, including connecting Patreon or Substack. No subscription tooling found.
- Yes Show customization with video thumbnails, transcripts and chapters. Cover art, transcripts and chapters can be set on channels and items.
Sources:github.com/microfeed/microfeed#-featurescreators.spotify.com/features/podcast