Kyoo
Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval.
- Media Servers
- TypeScript
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,529
- Forks
- 79
- Open issues
- 52
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,304
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.2.1Aug 27, 2026
- Created
- Aug 4, 2019
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About Kyoo
Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval. Kyoo is open source under the GPL-3.0 license and written mainly in TypeScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 2,529 stars and 79 forks on GitHub, with 1,304 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- mediabrowser
- ffmpeg
- next
- python
- react-native
- docker
- self-hosted
- golang
- jellyfin
- netflix
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What is Kyoo?
Kyoo is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Media Servers category. Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval. The source code lives at github.com/zoriya/Kyoo, where it has 2,529 stars.
Is Kyoo free and open source?
Yes. Kyoo is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Kyoo with Docker?
Yes. Kyoo provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Kyoo?
Popular open-source alternatives to Kyoo include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. Kyoo itself is a self-hosted alternative to Plex and Netflix.
Is Kyoo actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Kyoo was on Oct 6, 2026 with 1,304 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.2.1, published Aug 27, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.