# chrisbenincasa/tunarr

Create a classic TV experience using your own media - IPTV backed by Plex/Jellyfin/Emby/NFO

Repository: https://github.com/chrisbenincasa/tunarr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tunarr
Homepage: https://tunarr.com/
Language: TypeScript
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: ffmpeg, iptv, local-streaming, media-streaming, plex, self-hosted, streaming, tv, emby, jellyfin
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:52:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 958, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 18, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 188}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2542, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.468304+00:00)

## What it is
Tunarr is a self-hosted application that creates custom live TV channels from media on Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, or local files, streaming them as IPTV with a spoofed HDHomeRun tuner and M3U output. It provides a web UI for channel lineups, scheduling, filler content, and FFmpeg-based transcoding with hardware acceleration.

## Use cases
- create live tv channels from my plex library
- turn my media collection into iptv streams
- simulate cable tv with my own movies and shows
- add custom channels to tivimate or another iptv player
- schedule tv programming with time slots and commercials
- watch my jellyfin media as a continuous broadcast channel
- add a virtual hdhomerun tuner to plex

## When to choose
- you want a modern, actively maintained dizqueTV successor
- you need HDHomeRun spoofing plus M3U/IPTV output from one tool
- you want hardware-accelerated transcoding across Nvidia, Intel, and macOS
- you use Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, or local files as media sources

## When to avoid
- you need direct-play without transcoding - Tunarr always re-encodes via FFmpeg
- you want a fully stable release - the project is still pre-release with breaking changes between versions
- you need a lightweight tool without FFmpeg or Docker

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, streaming, http-server, gui
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform, windows
- tags: iptv, plex, jellyfin, emby, ffmpeg, live-tv, hdhomerun, m3u, media-server, dizquetv-fork, docker, web-server, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- chrisbenincasa/tunarr (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.468304+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 2026-08-30T02:25:06.445256+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chrisbenincasa/tunarr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.468304+00:00, sha 4f7c3d0b767d)
  - homepage: https://tunarr.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.420005+00:00, sha 3fd7328dbd3d)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/api-docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.428946+00:00, sha e7eddc80d4b0)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.431328+00:00, sha b0ce884f3dc1)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/getting-started/run (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.433950+00:00, sha a44b1a345294)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/getting-started/setup (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.436248+00:00, sha 3cf7cac37161)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/getting-started/migration/migrate-to-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.438015+00:00, sha 62accb8572e0)
  - site_page: https://tunarr.com/misc/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:32.439729+00:00, sha f591931cf3ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.