🎙 VoxForge — AI Podcast Studio

Idea → Script (Claude AI) → Voice (Murf AI) → Self-hosted RSS → Spotify + Apple Podcasts

No Buzzsprout. No middlemen. Your RSS feed lives on your own server.

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⚡ Step 1 — Push to GitHub

# Unzip and enter the folder
unzip voxforge.zip && cd voxforge

# Initialize git
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial VoxForge commit"

# Create a new repo on github.com, then:
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/voxforge.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

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🚀 Step 2 — Deploy on Render (free)

1. Go to render.com → Sign up / Log in
2. Click New + → Web Service
3. Connect your GitHub account → Select the voxforge repo
4. Render auto-detects settings from render.yaml — confirm:
   • Build Command: npm run build
   • Start Command: npm start
5. Scroll to Environment Variables → Add these:

Key	Value	Required
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	From console.anthropic.com	YES
MURF_API_KEY	From murf.ai Dashboard → API	For real voice
BASE_URL	Your Render URL e.g. https://voxforge.onrender.com	YES
PODCAST_TITLE	Your podcast name	Optional
PODCAST_AUTHOR	Your name	Optional
PODCAST_EMAIL	Your email	Optional

6. Click Create Web Service → deploys in ~3 min
7. App is live at https://your-name.onrender.com

Free tier spins down after 15 min idle. First request = ~30s wake time. Upgrade to $7/mo for always-on.

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💻 Run Locally

pip update && pip install nodejs git -y
cd voxforge
npm run install:all
cp .env.example .env
nano .env        # fill in your keys
npm run build && npm start
# open http://localhost:5000

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📡 RSS & Publishing

Your RSS feed: https://your-app.onrender.com/rss.xml

Submit this URL once to each platform — they pull new episodes automatically:

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/
• Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/submission
• iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/content/submit-your-podcast/

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💰 Earning Money

Method	Earnings
Spotify Partner Program	~$0.003–0.005 per stream
Apple Subscriptions	$0.99–$9.99/month per subscriber
Sponsorships (1K+ downloads)	$15–$50 CPM
Listener donations	Direct via PayPal/Stripe in description

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🏗 Structure

voxforge/
├── server/
│   ├── index.js
│   └── routes/
│       ├── script.js      # Claude AI
│       ├── narration.js   # Murf AI
│       ├── publish.js     # RSS generation
│       └── episodes.js
├── client/src/App.js      # React UI
├── render.yaml
└── .env.example