howardchung/watchparty
WatchParty: Watch anything together in-sync with your friends observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
71/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 24
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 282
- age_days: 2353
- days_rel: 297
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1199 stars · 223 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
WatchParty is a self-hostable web application for watching videos together in sync with friends. It synchronizes play, pause, and seek actions across all users in a room and supports screen sharing, YouTube, HTTP video files, magnet links, HLS streams, and a cloud virtual browser, plus text and video chat.
Use cases
- watch youtube videos in sync with friends
- host a long-distance movie night
- stream a video file to a group with synced playback
- watch videos together with text and video chat
- self-host a watch2gether alternative
- share my screen so others can watch in sync
- stream a torrent magnet link to a watch party
When to choose
- you want a self-hosted watch-together site with many source types (YouTube, files, magnets, HLS, screen share)
- you need synced playback plus text and video chat in one app
- you want a rabb.it-style shared cloud browser for streaming sites
When to avoid
- you only need simple peer-to-peer video sync without hosting a server
- you want a fully managed service with no setup or optional API keys
- you need DRM-protected streaming service playback without a virtual browser setup
Facets
application · maturity active
websocket http-server video-processing chat-interface web-framework web-development media entertainment self-hosted self-hosted cross-platform watch-together video-synchronization webrtc screen-sharing virtual-browser watch-parties react typescript real-time nodejs web-server docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/howardchung/watchparty · fetched 2026-08-28 · f87ff233fe4f
- homepage: https://www.watchparty.me · fetched 2026-08-29 · 056162eb97a1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| howardchung/watchparty | main | 71 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="howardchung/watchparty")
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