Kyoo

Kyoo is a self-hosted media library browser focused on presenting your movies and TV shows with high-quality metadata and a clean, fast UI. It scans your local media, matches titles to online databases, and provides a unified experience for browsing, search, and playback handoff to your preferred player.

Key Features

• Library scanning for movies and TV shows with automatic metadata matching (posters, backdrops, cast/crew, summaries)
• Rich browsing experience: collections, seasons/episodes, recommendations-style views, and powerful search
• Watch state features such as progress and “continue watching” style sections
• Multi-user support with user-specific history/progress (where configured)
• API-driven architecture intended to integrate with external tools/players
• Container-first deployment (Docker) with documented configuration

Use Cases

• Create a polished “Netflix-like” browsing UI for a personal movie/TV collection
• Track what you’re watching across devices and quickly resume episodes
• Provide family members separate profiles to browse the same library

Limitations and Considerations

• Kyoo is primarily a library browser/metadata experience; playback typically relies on external players and your existing storage/streaming setup.

Kyoo is a good fit if you want a modern catalog and discovery interface for an existing media collection, with metadata enrichment and watch tracking. It complements (rather than replaces) your underlying storage and playback stack.