Kyoo
Kyoo is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Plex and Netflix and ships a Docker image. It has 2,550 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Media Servers
- TypeScript
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,550
- Forks
- 83
- Open issues
- 53
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,435
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.2.1Aug 27, 2026
- Created
- Aug 4, 2019
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,435 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,435 |
| Latest release | v5.2.1 (Aug 27, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 17 |
| Open issues | 53 |
| Open pull requests | 14 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 4, 2019 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
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.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/zoriya/Kyoo.
Topics
- mediabrowser
- ffmpeg
- next
- python
- react-native
- docker
- self-hosted
- golang
- jellyfin
- netflix
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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 self-hosted 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 26, 2026 with 1,435 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.2.1, published Aug 27, 2026. It had 53 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.