Starpod

Starpod is the easiest way to create a podcast website in 5 minutes or less and it is 100% free and open source.

Configuration

You will need to configure your RSS feed and a few other pieces of info for your podcast in starpod.config.mjs. We provide a util function defineStarpodConfig that provides TypeScript types and enforces the correct formats for config values.

An example config can be found here.

Options

blurb

A very short tagline for your show. Generally, no more than one sentence. Less is more here.

Example:

blurb: 'A whiskey fueled fireside chat with your favorite web developers.',

description

A somewhat longer description of what your show is about. This should still ideally be fairly short, and should usually be 2-4 sentences.

Example:

description:
  'Veteran web developers RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III host this informal, whiskey-fueled fireside chat with your favorite web devs. They discuss all things web development including JavaScript, TypeScript, EmberJS, React, Astro, SolidJS, CSS, HTML, Web3, and more. They take a unique approach and focus on getting to know the human side of developers and their hobbies outside of work, all while sampling a new whiskey that they rate on their unique tentacle scale.',

hosts

A list of your show's hosts and their info.

Example:

hosts: [
  {
    name: 'RobbieTheWagner',
    bio: 'Huge Ember and Tailwind fanboy. I work at Amazon btw.',
    img: '/src/img/people/robbiethewagner.jpg',
    github: 'https://github.com/RobbieTheWagner',
    twitter: 'https://twitter.com/RobbieTheWagner',
    website: 'https://robbiethewagner.dev'
  },
  {
    name: 'Charles William Carpenter III',
    bio: 'Third of his name, user of gifs, hater of ESM.',
    img: '/src/img/people/chuckcarpenter.jpg',
    github: 'https://github.com/chuckcarpenter',
    twitter: 'https://twitter.com/CharlesWthe3rd'
  }
],

platforms

Links to the platforms your show is available on.

Example:

platforms: {
  apple:
    'https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603?uo=4?mt=2&ls=1',
  overcast: 'https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603',
  spotify: 'https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf',
  youtube: 'https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot/'
},

rssFeed

The url to the RSS feed where your podcast is hosted.

Example:

rssFeed: 'https://rss.art19.com/whiskey-web-and-whatnot';

Setting up the contact form

The contact form uses Web3Forms to handle form submissions. To set it up:

1. Go to web3forms.com and get a free access key
2. Copy .env.example to .env
3. Add your access key to the PUBLIC_WEB3FORMS_ACCESS_KEY variable in .env

Web3Forms will send form submissions to your email and provides a dashboard to manage them.

Configuring guests

We use Turso and Astro DB to setup guests per episode. If you would also like to do this, you will need a Turso account.