How to Support Podcastindex.org

You can support Podcastindex.org in four concrete ways: donate any amount via PayPal to cover hosting and operating bills, join the Podcastindex.social Mastodon server to collaborate, contribute code or participate in the open GitHub repos, and reach the team by email or social media. The project states plainly that "none of this is free," so donations are framed as the direct way to help with hosting fees and bills, while community and code contributions extend the mission itself.

Donate via PayPal

The site's "Help us out..." section is explicit: if you get value from the project, or simply believe in it, a donation of any amount helps with hosting fees and paying the bills. The listed method is PayPal.

• What it funds: hosting fees and operating bills.
• Amount: any amount, per the site's wording.
• How: use the PayPal donation option on podcastindex.org.

The project also notes its financing model: the core Podcast Index is financed by its founders and stakeholders — podcasters, developers, and listeners — and states that corporate interests and advertising are antithetical to its business. That context matters if your goal is specifically to keep the index independent rather than to buy a service.

Join the Mastodon server

Podcastindex.org runs Podcastindex.social as a Mastodon server for collaboration. If you want to be part of the working community rather than only a donor, this is the entry point the site names.

• Where: Podcastindex.social
• Purpose: collaboration among the people building on and around the index.

Contribute on GitHub

The project says it builds in the open and points developers to its GitHub repos. This is the path for code contributions, bug reports, and following what's being built.

• Where: the GitHub repos linked from podcastindex.org
• Who it's for: developers and anyone who wants to get active in the open build.

If you also want API access for your own project, the site directs you to sign up for an account and get API keys at api.podcastindex.org, with API documentation linked separately. That's a usage step, not a support step, but the two often go together for developers.

Contact the team directly

For questions, press, or anything that doesn't fit the above, the site lists direct contact channels:

• Email: [email protected]
• Social: follow on Twitter or Mastodon

Which route fits your goal

What the project promises in return

The site states that the core, categorized index will always be available for free, for any use, and that its mission is to preserve podcasting as a platform for free speech while re-tooling it into a platform of value exchange that includes developers, podcasters, and listeners. Support is therefore positioned as keeping an open, independent ecosystem running — not as paying for access to the index itself.