Hyve
Your streaming guide, on your own server

One place to decide
what to watch.

Hyve is a streaming guide and watch tracker you run yourself. See where anything is available, pick up exactly where you left off, and share the movies and shows you own with the people you trust.

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Runs on your own hardware. No ads. No tracking.

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How it works

Three steps from “what should we watch?” to play

No library to organize first. Start with the guide, and add your own collection whenever you like.

Find something

Browse trending titles, new releases, networks, studios and genres. Search the whole catalog, whether or not you own a copy.

See where it plays

Every title shows which services offer it in your country, or plays right away if it is already on your Hyve.

Watch and keep your place

Hyve remembers your spot, follows the shows you start, and has the next episode ready when you come back.

Streaming guide

Stop hopping between apps to find out where it is.

Discover is where Hyve begins. It covers the whole catalog of movies and shows, not just files you already have. The best match comes first, and owning a copy never hides or reorders results.

  • Where to stream. Subscription, free and with-ads services in your country, shown on every title.
  • Trending, new releases, popular on streaming, top rated, networks, studios and genres.
  • Recommendations that learn from your favorites, then what you have watched, then your watchlist.
  • Trailers, ratings and details that stay clean on the couch.

Availability data is provided through TMDB and JustWatch. Hyve does not include streaming subscriptions.

Watch tracker

Pick up right where you left off.

Hyve remembers your place in every movie and episode, on every screen. Two separate rows keep it simple: what you are in the middle of, and the shows you follow.

  • Continue Watching brings back anything you started.
  • Following keeps your shows in view across seasons and lines up the next episodes.
  • Watchlist, Favorites and Watched marks, whether or not you have a copy.
  • Playlists and collections when you want to curate.
Connected Hyves

Share what you own with people you trust.

Connect your Hyve to the Hyves of friends and family. When a title you own is on one of theirs, one tap brings a copy to your own server, checked and added to your library.

  • You choose exactly who to connect with. There is no public catalog of anyone’s library.
  • Scoped permissions let each connection do only what you allow.
  • Fast-start playback lets you begin watching while the rest of the copy arrives.
  • Every copy is verified before it joins your library.
Family and profiles

Everyone gets their own Hyve. Together, too.

One personal profile for each person, plus shared profiles for watching together. Nobody’s progress, lists or recommendations get mixed up.

Personal profiles

Separate progress, watched history, watchlist, favorites and recommendations for every person.

Shared profiles

A “Family” or “Mom & Dad” profile for watching together, with each member’s own sync settings.

PINs and rating limits

Lock a profile with a PIN and set a rating ceiling from Kids to Unrestricted. Shared profiles follow the strictest member.

Live TV and channels

Your channels, one guide.

Bring your own tuners, playlists and guide data, and build a lineup that is yours: names, numbers and logos, with backup sources if one drops out.

  • Finish Later. Step away from a live program and Hyve saves the rest. It shows up in Continue Watching and tidies itself up when you are done.
  • Channels of your own. Turn a playlist into a channel with a continuous schedule, in the same guide as everything else. Everyone can have their own.
  • Pause, rewind and record where your source allows it.
Every screen

Made for the couch, the desk and your pocket.

Hyve works in any modern browser today, and comes with native apps for phones, tablets and TVs, built for a remote control from the first screen.

TV apps

A 10-foot layout with remote-friendly focus, so browsing and playing never needs a keyboard. Sign in by entering a short code from your phone.

Phone and tablet apps

Your guide, your lists and your place in every show, wherever you are.

Any browser

Open your Hyve from a computer, a phone or a TV browser. Nothing to install to get started.

Fast-start playback

Press play on a title that is still on its way to your server and start watching as soon as enough has arrived.

Plays what you have

Direct play when your device can handle the file, and smooth conversion, with hardware acceleration, when it cannot. Subtitles included.

Always in sync

Start on the TV, finish on your phone. Your place follows you.

Light on hardware

A home server that looks after itself.

Hyve is not meant to become a giant, hand-managed archive. It favors simple formats that most devices play directly, and it makes room on its own.

  • Automatic space care. Hyve keeps what you still need, like the next episodes of a show you follow, and clears finished titles when the space is better used for something new.
  • Simple formats. Original audio is preserved, and a stereo AAC track is added when one is missing, so more devices play without extra work.
  • Runs on modest hardware, with Intel, NVIDIA and other hardware acceleration when you have it.
  • Your own curated libraries stay yours. Cleanup only touches folders you opt in.
Private by design

Your server. Your data. Your rules.

Hyve runs on hardware you control. Your accounts, watch history and lists live in a database on your own server.

No ads and no trackingHyve contains no advertising and no analytics or tracking code.
Self-hostedRun it with Docker or Node.js on a small home server, a NAS or a spare PC.
Strong sign-inTwo-step verification is required by default. Add passkeys, or sign in with your own OpenID Connect provider.
Trusted home networkChoose the ranges that count as home, and the household can open the profile picker without a password.
TV sign-in by codeShow a short code on the TV and approve it from a device you are already signed in on. No typing passwords with a remote.
Your data stays putBack up or restore the whole thing from the admin screen. Your media files stay where you keep them.

With a metadata key you provide, your server asks TMDB for catalog details. Trailers load from YouTube only when you press play.

Get started

Be among the first to run Hyve.

Hyve is in active development and open to early users. Tell us you are interested and we will get in touch with your invitation.

Get early access

Got your invitation? Self-hosting takes a few minutes with Docker:

cp .env.example .env
mkdir -p transcode
# point docker-compose.yml at your media folder
docker compose up -d --build
# then open http://your-server:8787

The first account you create becomes the administrator. You will set up two-step verification, then add your folders and a metadata key from the admin screen.

Questions

Does Hyve include movies, shows or streaming subscriptions?

No. Hyve is software you run. It shows where titles stream so you can decide, and it plays media you own. Nothing is bundled and nothing is sold.

Do I need a library of my own files?

No. The guide and tracker work without one. Libraries, collections and playlists are there if you want them.

What do I need to run it?

A computer or NAS that can run Docker or Node.js 24. A modest machine is fine, and a GPU helps if you convert a lot of video.

Is Hyve free?

Pricing has not been announced. Early access is by invitation.