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Record and publish a podcast on free tools

Record, clean up, transcribe and publish a podcast with its own website and feed.

For solo creators and small shows who want to record remote guests, edit the audio and publish episodes without paying for hosting and recording subscriptions. Jitsi handles the call, OBS records it, VoiceStudio and OpenCut tidy the output, and Ghost publishes the show.

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    jitsi-meet

    Host the remote interview call with guests in their browser

    Instead of Zoom or Riverside. Apache-2.0 Worth a look

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    obs-studio

    Record the call and your microphone, with video if you want a video version

    Instead of Paid recording software. GPL-2.0 Ready to use

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    VoiceStudio

    Run speech tools on your own device, such as transcripts and voice clean-up

    Instead of ElevenLabs. AGPL-3.0 Worth a look

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    OpenCut

    Cut episodes and make short video clips for social media

    Instead of CapCut. MIT Worth a look

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    Ghost

    Publish show notes and episode pages, and offer a newsletter

    Instead of Substack. MIT Worth a look

Before you start

['Ghost does not host audio files for you in the way a podcast host does. Check how you will produce an RSS feed that podcast apps accept before you commit.', 'Jitsi quality depends on your server or the public instance you use. Each guest should record their own audio locally if sound quality matters.', 'VoiceStudio and OpenCut are young projects, so expect rough edges compared with mature editors.', 'VoiceStudio uses AGPL: if you change it and offer it to others over a network, you must share your changes.']