# ridhwaans/homehost

self-hosted, Netflix-like app made for streaming

Repository: https://github.com/ridhwaans/homehost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/homehost
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, netflix, streaming, movies, music, tv, books, comics, podcasts, media, self-hosted, spotify, tmdb, node
Last push: 2026-06-11T02:58:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3122, "days_push": 83, "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 1203, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.630394+00:00)

## What it is
Homehost is a self-hosted, Netflix-like web application for streaming your personal media collection (movies, TV shows, and music) within a home network. It is built with a React client and a Node.js server that scans media directories, fetches metadata from TMDb and Spotify, and stores it in a local database.

## Use cases
- stream my movie collection on my home network with a Netflix-style interface
- self-hosted media server for TV shows and movies
- browse and play my local music library like Spotify
- catalog my media files with metadata from TMDb and Spotify
- family media streaming app without cloud services
- watch my local video files in a browser with search

## When to choose
- you want a Netflix-like UI for your own media files on a home network
- you prefer a lightweight self-hosted alternative to Plex/Jellyfin focused on streaming
- your media follows simple directory naming conventions and you want automatic TMDb/Spotify metadata

## When to avoid
- you need transcoding for unsupported codecs or remote access outside your home
- you need audiobooks, podcasts, photos, or DVR features
- you cannot obtain TMDb and Spotify API keys or your media naming is inconsistent

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, web-framework, search-engine, data-science
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development, backend
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: media-server, netflix-clone, streaming, movies, tv-shows, music, tmdb, spotify, react, home-network, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- ridhwaans/homehost (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.630394+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 2026-08-30T06:20:32.213865+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ridhwaans/homehost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.630394+00:00, sha 1439e624385e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.