# Dusk-Labs/dim

Dim, a media manager fueled by dark forces.

Repository: https://github.com/Dusk-Labs/dim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dim
Language: Rust
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: mediamanager, rust, rust-lang, reactjs
Last push: 2025-09-21T23:13:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 43, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2063, "days_push": 346, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4114, forks 183 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.784764+00:00)

## What it is
Dim is a self-hosted media manager and streaming server written in Rust with a React web UI. It organizes movie and TV collections, fetches metadata, and lets users play their media from a browser with hardware-accelerated transcoding via VAAPI.

## Use cases
- self-host a personal netflix-style media server
- organize my movie and tv show library with metadata
- stream my local media collection to any browser
- plex alternative that runs on my own hardware
- transcode videos with hardware acceleration on linux
- host a media server with docker

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, self-hosted media server with a modern web UI
- you run Linux with VAAPI-capable hardware and want hardware transcoding
- you prefer a simple Docker deployment for media streaming

## When to avoid
- you need mature ecosystem features like live TV, DVR, or mobile sync
- you need broad client app support beyond the web UI
- you require multi-user access control comparable to Plex or Jellyfin

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, streaming, video-processing, http-server
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: media-server, media-manager, plex-alternative, jellyfin-alternative, transcoding, react, rust, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- Dusk-Labs/dim (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.784764+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:10.401419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Dusk-Labs/dim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.784764+00:00, sha 9578b2edb3c4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.