# PigeonPod

> Convert YouTube channels and videos into private podcast RSS feeds.

## Links

- [Home](https://pigeonpod.cloud/)
- [App](https://app.pigeonpod.cloud/)
- [Guides](https://pigeonpod.cloud/guides/)
- [Help Center](https://pigeonpod.cloud/helps/)

## How It Works

Using PigeonPod is simple:
1. **Paste a URL**: Copy and paste any YouTube channel, playlist, or video URL into PigeonPod.
2. **Convert to RSS**: PigeonPod instantly parses the content and generates a private podcast RSS feed link.
3. **Subscribe**: Add the generated RSS link to your favorite podcast app (like Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or Spotify).
4. **Listen Anywhere**: Enjoy the YouTube content as a standard podcast—completely ad-free, with background playback, and auto-syncing of new episodes.

## About

PigeonPod is a service that allows users to convert YouTube channels and videos into private podcast RSS feeds. This enables users to consume YouTube content as audio-only or video podcasts in any standard podcast player (like Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Spotify, etc.).

## Key Features
- **YouTube to RSS**: Seamlessly turn any YouTube channel, playlist, or video into a standard RSS podcast feed.
- **Ad-free Experience**: Listen to or watch YouTube content completely free of YouTube advertisements (automatically removes ads from the beginning and middle of episodes).
- **Background Playback**: Listen to YouTube audio in the background without needing a YouTube Premium subscription. Keep playing even when your screen is locked.
- **Auto Sync Updates**: Automatically check and incrementally sync the latest content from your subscribed channels or playlists.
- **Content Filtering**: Include/exclude specific keywords and filter episodes by duration.
- **Cloud Progress Sync (Web App)**: Automatically sync your playback progress to the cloud and continue listening anywhere.
- **Privacy & Security**: We don't need your YouTube account details or password, just the public channel URL.

## Built for Real Listening Scenarios
- **Hands-busy Moments**: When your hands are occupied (driving, cooking, exercising), keeping up with channel updates on-screen is inconvenient. PigeonPod keeps your listening queue updated automatically, so playback stays continuous.
- **Research Monitoring**: Tracking updates across multiple channels is scattered and time-consuming. Convert your sources into one RSS listening flow and follow new releases from a single place.
- **Music Streams for Focus**: Turn genre-based YouTube music channels and playlists into auto-updating podcast feeds, so your background and deep-work soundtracks are always ready without manual upkeep.

## Perfect For
- Users who want to listen to or watch YouTube shows directly within their favorite podcast apps.
- Users who want to skip YouTube ads effortlessly.
- Commuters, learners, and listeners on the go who prefer an audio-first experience.
- Users looking to save screen time or those who find the official YouTube app inconvenient for long-form listening.
- Users who want background playback without paying for YouTube Premium.
- Users who only want to consume content they explicitly chose, avoiding the distraction of YouTube's algorithmic recommendations.
- Users who follow large playlists and want reliable notifications for new updates (which YouTube natively struggles with).