Open-source tool AI Gude can turn RSS feeds into AI podcasts

Developer alex0ptr has released the free open-source self-hosted tool AI Gude: it fetches the RSS content users subscribe to at set times, uses Gemini to generate scripts and speech, and outputs podcast episodes in OGG/Opus with chapters. Use requires self-hosting, and it relies on Gemini from Google AI Studio and Firecrawl to fetch full text; Firecrawl uses a hosted service by default and requires FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, but it can also be self-built to be free per page, and the fetch cache is kept for ten days by default. Generating an episode takes several minutes, only one episode is processed at a time, and failed episodes retain the reason and can be retried. The official demo logs in with username demo and password demo, but this demo cannot switch users, nor generate, retry, or delete episodes; logs, the user configuration editor, and their file issues are all unavailable.

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