terminal podcast client

Podcasts at the
speed of keystrokes.

Search, subscribe, play, and download podcasts without leaving your shell.

~/Documents/Podia — sona — 100×24
what it does

A complete client, no mouse required.

01

Instant search

Query Apple's podcast catalog and see results while you type.

02

Real playback

Backed by mpv — pause, seek, speed, volume — with an ffplay fallback.

03

Offline downloads

Pull episodes to disk for flights and dead zones. Never re-downloaded twice.

04

Queue & history

Build a listening queue, pick up where you left off, revisit anything played.

05

Scriptable CLI

Every action in the app is also a command — pipe it, alias it, automate it.


no manual required

The controls fit in one screen.

↑↓jk
Navigate
Enter
Open
Space
Play / pause
/
Search
s
Subscribe
d
Download
q
Quit

unix-friendly

Or skip the UI entirely.

$ sona play "darknet diaries"
Playing: Ubiquiti — Darknet Diaries

get started

One command.

$ brew install sona
macOS & Linux · mpv recommended for playback