# mediathekview/MediathekView

Das Programm MediathekView durchsucht die Online-Mediatheken verschiedener Sender

Repository: https://github.com/mediathekview/MediathekView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mediathekview
Homepage: https://mediathekview.de
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: mediathekview, mediathekview-das-programm, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-16T20:17:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4400, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1009, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.813595+00:00)

## What it is
MediathekView is a Java desktop application that searches the online media libraries of German-language public broadcasters (ARD, ZDF, Arte, ORF, SRF, and others), lists found programs, and lets users play or download them. It supports filtering, subscriptions (Abos) for automatic downloads, and playback via VLC or a user-chosen player.

## Use cases
- download shows from German public broadcaster mediatheks
- watch ARD and ZDF programs offline
- automatically download new episodes of a series
- search German TV archives for a topic
- record streams from 3Sat or Arte
- play public TV videos in VLC

## When to choose
- you want a GUI to browse and download content from German-language public TV mediatheks
- you want automatic subscription-based downloads of series
- you need cross-platform installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux

## When to avoid
- you need content from commercial or non-German-language streaming services
- you want a lightweight command-line downloader only
- you need Netflix-style on-demand streaming rather than mediathek archives

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, search-engine, gui, developer-tools
- domain: media, self-hosted, cross-platform
- platform: windows, jvm
- tags: public-broadcasting, german-tv, mediathek, download-manager, vlc, subscriptions, swing, lucene, video, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- mediathekview/MediathekView (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.813595+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 2026-08-30T07:12:04.305287+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mediathekview/MediathekView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.813595+00:00, sha 028dad09d8ec)
  - homepage: https://mediathekview.de (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.986130+00:00, sha 720935bd6463)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-3-0 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:20.004816+00:00, sha 98b16dd0cb7c)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.988711+00:00, sha 861b1a13bf05)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.991957+00:00, sha 6ba940b4f1b5)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-5-0 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.995685+00:00, sha 180075bc89ba)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-4-2 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.997936+00:00, sha 0a549dc188a4)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-4-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:19.999783+00:00, sha a070f32fad0e)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-4-0 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:20.001510+00:00, sha 1a7a70dfef87)
  - site_page: https://mediathekview.de/changelog/14-3-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:20.003218+00:00, sha c38e9fe128bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.