Kyoo – self-hosted media server

Kyoo is a self-hosted media server focused on movies, TV series and anime.

It aims to minimise library maintenance, automatically identifying media without requiring a particular folder structure or manual metadata editing. Kyoo includes its core functionality directly rather than relying on a plugin system.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Self-hosted video streaming.
• Dynamic transcoding with automatic quality selection.
• Change streaming quality during playback.
• Instant seeking while transcoding.
• Video preview thumbnails.
• Automatic intro and credit detection using audio fingerprinting.
• Supports PGS, VobSub and SSA/ASS subtitles.
• Uses embedded fonts when available for subtitles.
• Automatic parsing of complex anime filenames.
• No prescribed folder structure required.
• OIDC authentication support.
• Web-based client.
• Official Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments.
• API for integration with other services.

Website: https://github.com/zoriya/Kyoo
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Developer: Zoe Roux
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Kyoo is written in TypeScript and Go. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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