🎙️I built "GitPodcast" to help devs understand 💡any GitHub repo easily

#productivity #opensource #ai #podcast

Understanding any new codebase was a daunting task for me while listening to any podcast is something that comes very naturally to me. So, what if we combine the two ideas - that is understand any GitHub repository via a Podcast.

GitPodcast

Gitpodcast: In this tool you can enter any GitHub url, and get the podcast within a minute.

Users Feedback

Users wanted longer podcast, so I have added the ability to get upto 10 minutes of podcast (Do people want even longer podcast or is this enough?)

Talking to users really helps you understand what exactly they want, and this was the main feature they wanted instead of the options to add multiple voices which I was thinking as the main missing feature.

Got the top 3 product award from producthunt on the day of the launch.

How to use

Two ways to use it:

Just replace hub in the url with podcast (when you are at any github repository)
or Paste the repo link in the website input box

What do you guys think?

You can check it out here: https://gitpodcast.com

Open-source

The code is open source and you can host it yourself with your keys - https://github.com/BandarLabs/gitpodcast

(In case you are logged in to github already, please do leave a star there!)

Top comments (10)

Madza • Jan 17

Keep doing the awesome work mate!

Nikola Perišić • Jan 17

Wow, this is very unique project. Wish you the best!

A few recommendations that could enhance the project:

Enable the "Discussion" feature in your repository to improve collaboration and community engagement
Provide an option for users to download podcast transcripts
Implement a test pipeline to ensure security for external collaborators.
Consider hiding the "Releases" and "Packages" sections from the repository if they are not currently in use

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