gPodder vs. Armangil vs. Synclosure vs. FireAnt

General Features gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Version
3.7.0
4.0
0.4
Last Release
2014-05-16 (9 years ago)
2016.03.07
2024-03-28 (today)
2006-01-23 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Thomas Perl
Doga Armangil
Joshua Kinberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
MIT
CCPL ?
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Freeware
Languages
0
0
1
English
1
English
Operating System gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Windows 98
No
Yes
No
No
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Linux
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
Python
Ruby
phyton
Common Features gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Search
local & web
local & web
web
Notifications
Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
no
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Playlist Formats
M3U
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
M3u, PLS
Organize gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Expiring Channels
Yes
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
yes
Feed Reading gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Integrated Browser
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plain Text
Yes
No
No
No
Podcatching gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Schedule Downloads
Yes
No
No
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
No
No
Yes
Limit Download Size
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ID3 Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Sync gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Sync to iTunes
No
No
No
Yes
Sync to PSP
Yes
No
No
Yes
Sync to Mediaplayer
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Sync to iPod
Yes
No
No
Yes
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
MP3
download & external playing
download
download
download
MPEG-4
download & external playing
download
download
download
Real
download & external playing
download
download
Quicktime
download & external playing
download
download
download
Windows Media
download & external playing
download
download
download
DivX
download & external playing
download
download
download
Xvid
download & external playing
download
download
download
Content Protocols gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
atom
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Transport Protocols gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
Yes
No
No
No
http auth
Yes
No
No
No
bittorrent
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Proxy Server
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
feed://
Yes
No
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
Yes
pcast://
No
No
No
Yes
itpc://
Yes
No
No
Yes
itms://
Yes
No
No
Yes
Support gPodder Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Support Forum
No
Yes
No
No
Mailinglists
Yes
No
No
Yes
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