GitPodcast - Generate engaging podcast to understand a Github repo

Hello Hunters 👋, We are launching "GitPodcast: GitHub -> Podcast" 🗣️🎙️today. When you stumble upon a new github repo, just replace `hub` with `podcast` in the URL and see how it just explains everything about the repo in an engaging podcast. This is something we built with OpenAI GPT 4o + Azure Speech (A shoutout to https://gitdiagram.com for the inspiration) 💡 Our early users feedbacks are already incorporated: 1. Ability to control the speed of the audio (1.25x, 1.5x etc) ⏩ 2. Subtitles along with audio so that I can read it as well. 📝 Its only going to get better from here on. Do give it a try and you are welcome to contribute and open issues: https://github.com/BandarLabs/gi... We believe in making in public, so be sure to drop a star if you are a developer 😃 Happy New Year from the GitPodcast team! 🙌

This is actually pretty clever. I can actually see myself listening to a Repo explainer in the background while working or community. Congrats on the launch @mkagenius !

How is this in no3. This is most fun I had in years. Cool concept - appreciate the ingenuity behind transforming complex codebases into engaging audio narratives. This isn't just a podcast; it's kind of a tool that democratizes knowledge across the developer community, allowing anyone to grasp intricate details in a more digestible format. The ability to customize audio speed and include subtitles is particularly commendable. These features cater not only to varied learning preferences but also enhance accessibility, ensuring that intricate technical details are now within reach for a wider audience. Your focus on creating a seamless user experience during onboarding is vital, given how time-consuming it can be to familiarize oneself with new repositories. It's exciting to hear that the tool supports multiple languages and frameworks, as adaptability is key in our fast-evolving tech landscape. I’m excited to see how GitPodcast continues to grow and evolve (even if now it looks minimalistic, i believe there are way more areas to grow), particularly in features that could facilitate collaboration and more in-depth understanding of various coding paradigms. keep up the excellent work! A few things to notice: Maybe the prompt behind the generation needs to instruct in detail not to use common words used by AI. And the sync of the subtitle speed with the spoken words. And, the ability to download the subtitles. There is some good expandability with this. Nevertheless, awesome work. My first try was pretty nice.

Have never seen a podcast dedicated by someone else to GitHub topics (and even with Stewie Griffin leading the whole launch) :D Jokes aside. This is differentiable! I like the idea and hope you will make it today :)

At first I was confused by the title, now I understand the use case. 😅 Do you support private repos? It would be a nice way to onboard new devs to our company.

Kudos to you, @mkagenius and @abhishek_anand, for launching GitPodcast! The ability to convert complex codebases into engaging audio content is a fantastic way to simplify onboarding for developers. Can this tool handle repositories with multiple languages or frameworks efficiently?

To be honest with you, i was skeptical a bit, but i tested it with my repo and it was a nice overview of my repo xD Congrats on the Launch !!

Hi, I made Gitingest which inspired Gitdiagram and I'm so happy to see the trend continue! I tried Gitpodcast and it's very cool to be able to listen a podcast talking about my own Pretty good taste of the future! Happy new years and congrats on the launch!!

Omg, this is sent from heaven! What a great idea you had!

Congrats! This has the potential to become a good homepage' for everyone. I'll definitely give it a try! Looking forward to a more comprehensive list of supported products.

Such a great product, I'll definitely introduce to my dev team. Congrats on your launching!

That's a great idea, lol.

I love it! Just tested it on Deepseek v3 and ragflow. I wish the podcasts were much longer and much more technical, more in depth, and actually referenced function names and traced the pathway through the code. I feel like enabling that could be straightforward by preprocessing the text you feed the podcast hosts with a second LLM that explains each code file individually and then passing those explanations along with the code to the podcast hosts. The podcasts generated for me were under 5 minutes, NotebookLM is able to hit 20 minutes and even that feels too short.

I read the review somewhere that it's not as perfect as now, but this is a brilliant idea in my vew. It will supercharge the learning about code and adaptation of open-source repositories hosted on GitHub and elsewhere. Congratulations on building such a unique idea. One feature that I feel will supercharge the usage will be a code explainer that allows an interactive explanation of the code and stacks used.

Hello Product Hunt! 👋 As developers for over 12 years, we’ve always found diving into large, unfamiliar codebases a daunting task (and, let’s be honest, we’re a bit lazy 😅). That’s what inspired us to create GitPodcast – a tool that transforms code, architectural decisions, and everything else about a repo into an engaging, realistic podcast. We hope it makes understanding complex repositories easier and, dare we say, enjoyable! 🎙️✨ Wishing you all an amazing start to the New Year – let’s keep building cool stuff together! 🚀

I had an interesting and special experience. I liked it a lot.

It's an amazing project! I love it! Would it be added more customized features, like the duration of the generated podcast?

Amazing.....the long anticipated product is here.Gitpodcast has been my long awaited product,I can now enjoy repos , loving the features already... welcome on board Gitpodcast.❤️

What if the repo does not have a README, would it still be able to create a podcast?

Very cool. I run a YouTube channel about exactly this topic so will be really helpful to learn about repos. I wonder if another version that outputs articles would also be helpful. The channel: https://youtube.com/elie2222