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Automattic/pocket-casts-ios

Pocket Casts iOS app 🎧 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios · Swift · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 86
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 11
  • age_days: 1514
  • days_rel: 12
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 72

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1817 stars · 196 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The open-source iOS (and watchOS) client for Pocket Casts, a full-featured podcast player app by Automattic. It is a native Swift application built with Xcode, using fastlane, SwiftLint, and Protocol Buffers for server communication.

Use cases

  • listen to and manage podcasts on iPhone or Apple Watch
  • contribute to an open-source podcast player app
  • study a production Swift iOS app architecture
  • customize or fork a podcast client for iOS

When to choose

  • you want a full-featured, actively maintained open-source podcast app for iOS/watchOS
  • you want to contribute to or learn from a real-world Swift app codebase

When to avoid

  • you need a podcast player for Android or desktop
  • you want a small reusable library rather than a full application

Facets

application · maturity active

audio-processing gui media mobile-development entertainment podcast-player podcasts watchos open-source-app ios swift mobile

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Automattic/pocket-casts-iosmain95

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Automattic/pocket-casts-ios")

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