Best Self-Hosted Media Servers
33 open-source media tools you can self-host with one click.
Self-hosted media servers let you own your entertainment. Jellyfin for movies and TV, Navidrome for music streaming, Immich for photos, Calibre-Web for ebooks. Stream anywhere without subscription fees or content restrictions.
Apps (26)
Immich
App
High-performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.
Airsonic Advanced
App
Free, web-based media streamer for music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
Audiobookshelf
App
Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with Android/iOS apps.
Calibre-Web
App
Web app for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks from a Calibre library.
Gonic
App
Music streaming server implementing the Subsonic API.
Jellyfin
App
Free software media system. Stream movies, TV, music, and more.
Kavita
App
Fast, feature-rich, cross-platform reading server for comics, manga, and books.
Komga
App
Media server for comics, mangas, BDs, magazines, and eBooks.
Lychee
App
Free, self-hosted photo management tool. Beautiful gallery interface.
Navidrome
App
Modern music server and streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.
Owncast
App
Self-hosted live video and web chat server. Twitch alternative.
PhotoPrism
App
AI-powered photo app for browsing, organising, and sharing your collection.
Sonarr
App
Smart PVR for newsgroup and BitTorrent users — manage TV shows.
Radarr
App
Movie collection manager for newsgroup and BitTorrent users.
Lidarr
App
Music collection manager for newsgroup and BitTorrent users.
Bazarr
App
Companion to Sonarr and Radarr — manages and downloads subtitles.
Prowlarr
App
Indexer manager/proxy for Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, and Readarr.
Jackett
App
API support for your favorite torrent trackers.
Jellyseerr
App
Media request management for Jellyfin/Plex/Emby.
Overseerr
App
Request management and media discovery for Plex.
Koel
App
Personal music streaming server that works with your own music.
Tdarr
App
Distributed transcoding system for audio/video libraries.
Castopod
App
Self-hosted podcast server — host and manage your podcast.
MeTube
App
Web GUI for youtube-dl/yt-dlp with playlist support.
YoutubeDL-Material
App
Material Design frontend for youtube-dl.
Invidious
App
Open source alternative front-end to YouTube.
Templates (7)
Ente Photos
3 services · Template
Ente Photos is a fully open source, End to End Encrypted alternative to Google Photos and Apple Photos.
Mixpost
3 services · Template
Mixpost is a robust and versatile social media management software, designed to streamline social media operations and enhance content marketing strategies.
Ryot
2 services · Template
Roll your own tracker! Ryot is a self-hosted platform for tracking various aspects of life such as media consumption, fitness activities, and more.
Yamtrack
2 services · Template
Yamtrack is a self hosted media tracker for movies, tv shows, anime, manga, video games and books.
Cap
2 services · Template
Open source alternative to Loom for recording and sharing videos
Castopod
3 services · Template
Free and open-source podcast hosting platform with social features
PhotoPrism
2 services · Template
AI-powered photos app for browsing, organizing and sharing photo collections
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