A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server
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HN · launched Nov 10, 2026 · 169 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
Niche: self-hosted software platforms · 79 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Vertical SaaS
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 79 launches in self-hosted software platforms →
Could you build this?
Yes A lightweight self-hosted media server that scans a library, serves direct-play streams, and provides a web UI is buildable in Go or Rust with AI help. Full transcoding and polished native clients would add significant work.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr
Concerns raised: AI-generated or vibe-coded code, AI-written comments flagged on HN, Docker image size claim questioned, MCP integration not needed
Feature requests: OIDC single sign-on support, trusted proxy sign-in, optional built-in downloader, natural-language media requests via MCP, remote user auth
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1051 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #89 of 1052 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 371 days after the earliest competitor.
- Yoink · hn · 2026-03-25 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.68
- self-hosted-media-server · github · 2026-10-19 · 43 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- hivefy · github · 2026-11-10 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- spotish · github · 2026-11-08 · 69 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- saavn-extension · github · 2026-10-10 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Tiny Tube · hn · 2026-10-27 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Couchtunes · github · 2026-11-01 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- We served 5k dynamic websites from a 2-vCPU, 4 GB VPS · hn · 2026-09-10 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.57
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