Podlog

What Podlog is

Podlog is a free, open-source, self-hosted web app for transcribing audio, searching transcripts, and analyzing podcast metadata. It can ingest episodes from RSS feeds or take audio uploads through its web interface. WhisperX handles transcription, and local pyannote diarization labels speakers; users can rename or merge those labels in the UI. An optional paid pyannote.ai cloud model is another diarization choice. Hybrid search combines full-text keywords with pgvector semantic similarity. Ask AI provides streamed, citation-backed answers from the transcript library, using local Ollama by default or optional Fireworks inference. Users can play audio from transcript timestamps and export transcripts or search results as Markdown or plain text. The Meta-Analysis dashboard summarizes speaker minutes, word counts, and host-versus-guest talking time across feeds. Podlog supports Telegram and email alerts, plus an optional Telegram bot for searching, questions, transcripts, queue checks, and adding sources. The project describes its default setup as local-first, with no accounts, cloud, or telemetry. Setup requires Docker Compose V2 and a Hugging Face access token; diarization also requires accepting the pyannote model license. Published container images support linux/amd64; other architectures require building from source.