Home Stream is a self-hosted media server for films, television, music and home videos. It reads the library you already have, fills in the artwork and details on its own, and plays it on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and any browser in the house. Your collection never leaves it.
In beta. The source will be published when the project opens up.
One library, one place you stopped, everywhere. Start a film on the television and finish it on the iPad.
Built for the remote: a home page of what to watch next, every film with its own page, and music with a queue that carries on.
The whole library in your pocket, and anything you choose kept on the device to watch or listen to offline.
Nothing to install on a computer. The browser is also where the library is looked after: folders, people, uploads and settings.
Shown with public-domain films from 1902 to 1929 and recordings Musopen released to the public domain. The posters and covers were made for these pictures.
All of this runs today on a Raspberry Pi, against a library of several hundred films and a few thousand songs.
Posters, cast, genres and ratings filled in from TMDb. Episodes get their own pictures and summaries, and wherever you stopped is waiting on the home page of every device.
Trailers, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes extras sit on the film they belong to. A director's cut sits beside the theatrical one rather than as a second film.
Franchises gather themselves, including the films you don't own yet. Make your own shelves too, for Christmas or a rainy Sunday.
Albums, artists with photographs and biographies, playlists, favourites and music videos. The queue remembers where you were, on whichever device you pick up.
Your family's own films, by year and by the people in them, with a picture for everyone. They stay private to the adults in the house.
Separate history, favourites, watch lists and playlists for each person. A child's account sees only what is rated for their age, and anything unrated stays hidden.
Upload films, music and home videos from the browser, and they're filed where they belong. Deleting goes to a Trash you can restore from.
Every screen follows your device's appearance, with artwork kept readable in both.
Point it at the folders you already have, including a library you've been building for Plex for years. Home Stream reads titles, years and episode numbers from the names you already use.
Films/
Nosferatu (1922).mp4
TV/
Series Name/
Season 1/
S01E01 - Episode Title.mp4
Music/
Artist Name/
Album Name/
01 - Track Title.mp3
Home Videos/
Beach day.mov
A small, quiet server that stays out of the way. It's written in Swift, keeps everything in one SQLite file, and is happy on hardware you already own.
Runs as a container on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a USB drive, or on a Mac. It comes back by itself after a power cut, and updating is a new image.
Reachable on your home network and nowhere else. Nothing about your library is uploaded, and nobody outside the house needs an account.
Invite the family with a code, and sign in a television by typing the code it shows into your browser. Add a second step to your sign-in for extra protection.
Apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, talking to the same server your browser does.