TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV
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HN · launched May 29, 2026 · 198 upvotes (top 4%) · 3 views
Niche: streaming media players and tools · 723 launches, 456 in the last 7 days ▲ +1371% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Vertical SaaS
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 723 launches in streaming media players and tools →
Could you build this?
Yes The app is a frontend directory and player for public IPTV streams, simply fetching and filtering public open-source M3U playlists and playing HLS video via standard browser video elements.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Noir (dark mode extension), Other dark mode/content filtering extensions
Concerns raised: Regional blocking of channels, Low signal-to-noise ratio for TV content, CSS rendering errors on older iOS devices, Casting not working on iPhone/Safari, Apple platform limitations prevent full feature support
Feature requests: Built-in VPN to bypass regional blocking, Browser back/forward navigation between channels, Roku app support, Casting support on Apple devices, Documentation on minimum iOS/webkit version requirements
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 709 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #35 of 710 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 211 days after the earliest competitor.
- freeTV · github · 2026-10-20 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- theboringtv-lgwebos · github · 2026-10-20 · 56 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- r2d2-tv · github · 2026-10-21 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- free-my-tv · github · 2026-10-21 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- webos · github · 2026-10-31 · 100 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- tv-makeover · github · 2026-10-21 · 34 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- DpadTV · github · 2026-10-16 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Aqua UI for the Web · hn · 2026-07-27 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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