/overcast-electron-app

A simple overcast.fm podcast app for mac and Linux

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overcast-electron-app

A simple (unofficial) overcast.fm podcast app for macOS and Linux.

Overcast.app

Screen capture of using the overcast-electron-app-mac

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Installation (Mac)

Overcast.app from Releases

  1. Just download/clone the overcast.app and open it up!

Installation (Linux)

overcast-linux-x64.zip

  1. Download overcast-linux-x64.zip && extract the files
  2. cd into the extracted folder
  3. Run sudo chhmod +x * in the folder (this updates the permissions so the app can run)
  4. Then just run ./overcast in the folder. Voila!

Reason for this app?

I was tired of having to hunt down a browser window/tab with overcast.fm or only listen from iOS. After Instacast went under, Overcast became my preferred podcast app for the last couple of years. The only drawback was there is no native mac app from the company. It was also a nice excuse to wrap a simple webapp for practical daily use. Maybe others can find it useful.

UI/UX & Design

Please don't blame me for the UI. It's the same as overcast.fm. If you would like the webapp UI changed, please direct that communication to Overcast: [https://overcast.fm/contact]. If you do see some bugs, and you notice they are probably in my app and not the overcast.fm web site, please let me know by creating an issue

Windows?

If there is demand for a Windows version, please open up an issue and I will get on it. :)

Shoutouts

Thanks to Jia Hao for making nativefier, an easy CLI for wrapping web apps in electron for native desktop environments.