Cinephage
Self-hosted media management app that unifies discovery, downloading, subtitles, streaming, and live TV with built-in indexers and Docker deployment.
Cinephage is a self-hosted media management application that centralizes discovery, downloading, library management, streaming integration, subtitles, and live TV into a single interface backed by one database. It aims to replace multi-app *arr-style stacks by offering indexers, download clients, streaming providers and monitoring from one place.
Key Features
- Unified single-database media library for movies and TV with TMDB integration and scanning/file-watching.
- Built-in indexers (7 built-in) plus Newznab support for Usenet indexers.
- Subtitle support across multiple providers (8 providers, 80+ languages) with auto-download.
- Streaming integration with multiple providers and circuit-breaker style failover (10 streaming providers listed in project).
- Download client integrations: qBittorrent, SABnzbd, NZBGet (configurable download clients).
- Live TV / IPTV Stalker portal support (discovery or bring-your-own account) and EPG handling (marked experimental).
- Smart lists and automated monitoring tasks for searches, upgrades and new-episode detection (monitoring features flagged experimental).
- Docker-first deployment with docker-compose examples, example .env and a provided Dockerfile for containerized installs.
Use Cases
- Consolidating separate media tools into a single self-hosted app to simplify management and reduce cross-app configuration.
- Automated discovery and acquisition pipeline for new episodes or movie releases using built-in indexers and download clients.
- Providing .strm-based streaming proxies to integrate discovered streams into media players and media servers.
Limitations and Considerations
- Project is in active development (alpha/early stage): features may be incomplete, APIs can change, and bugs are expected.
- Several features are explicitly marked experimental (monitoring automation, Live TV/IPTV); they may be unstable or change behavior.
- Some integrations and feature gaps (e.g., certain debrid services and provider coverage) are noted as backlog items; expect ongoing additions and changes.
Cinephage is positioned as an all-in-one, developer-focused alternative to multi-service media stacks. It is suitable for users who want a single, evolving application for media discovery, acquisition and streaming, and who are comfortable running software that is actively developed and may change between releases.
