Kyoo

A self-hosted video server for movies, series and anime that sorts messy folders on its own, with web, Android, Android TV and Chromecast clients.

2.6k stars, 83 forks TypeScript On GitHub since August 2019

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Kyoo at a glance

Open sourceYes, GPL-3.0No paid parts in the repository
Health72 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDocker, Helm chart, MobileCompose file, 10 services
AppsAndroidBuilds in GitHub releases
Interface19 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~13 hoursMedian first reply; 84% of recent issues answered

What is Kyoo?

Kyoo is a media server for video that positions itself against Plex and Jellyfin. It needs no folder layout or manual metadata fixes: badly named files and odd anime titles are expected to scan correctly, and a failed match counts as a bug. Everything is built in rather than added through plugins. It transcodes on the fly with adaptive bitrate, shows preview thumbnails on the seek bar, detects intros and credits by audio fingerprinting, and renders PGS and ASS subtitles with embedded fonts. Login works through any OIDC provider. Version 5 rewrote most of the code into separate services backed by PostgreSQL.

Good fit if

  • Your downloads folder is a mess and you do not want to rename anything.
  • You watch a lot of anime with styled subtitles.
  • You run Kubernetes and want an official Helm chart.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want plugins, offline downloads or clients for many platforms: Jellyfin.
  • You mainly stream music: Navidrome.

Before you adopt it

Kyoo is GPL-3.0 with no paid parts in the repository. One developer writes nearly all commits, which the README itself states, so features land at one person's pace; watch-list sync and offline downloads have not returned in v5 yet. Installation uses Docker Compose with about ten services, including PostgreSQL and a proxy, or the Helm chart. The interface counts 19 languages, with translations handled on Weblate.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Kyoo yourself

One-click install

Not listed in the app catalogs of Umbrel, YunoHost, TrueNAS, Unraid, CasaOS, Runtipi, Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts and Coolify.

Ways to install

Docker files
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 10 services (proxy, postgres)
Setup effort
4 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Android in GitHub releases
Interface languages
19 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 19

Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian

Install instructions: kyoo.zoriya.dev or the README on GitHub.

Kyoo health: is it still maintained?

72 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~34 days5 releases in 12 months; latest v5.3.0
Issue repliesWithin ~13 hoursMedian first reply; 84% of recent issues answered
Bus factorHigh riskOne person wrote all recent commits
  • Activity
    362 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 11 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    1 person wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 100% of them.
    2 / 20
  • Releases
    5 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v5.3.0, on 1 November 2026.
    16 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 84% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 13 hours.
    19 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. How the score works

Kyoo security

Security advisories are the vulnerabilities the maintainers disclosed on GitHub, with the versions that fix them; many advisories can mean careful disclosure as much as weak code.

Security advisories3 published2 list a fixed version

Latest advisories

Advisories read from GitHub on 12 November 2026.

Kyoo license: is it open source?

Kyoo uses GPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. August 2019First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-3.0.

Kyoo for developers

Written in

  • TypeScript 64%
  • Go 21%
  • Python 11%
  • Hurl 1%
  • PLpgSQL 1%
  • Other 2%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues42On GitHub
Authors, 90 days1Of the latest 100 commits
Donations2 waysGitHub Sponsors, Buy Me a Coffee

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Kyoo

Is Kyoo open source?

Yes. Kyoo is published under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Kyoo still maintained?

Its health score is 72 of 100 (actively developed). It had 362 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 11 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 1 November 2026.

How do I run Kyoo?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository and as an app for Android. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Kyoo written in?

Kyoo is written mainly in TypeScript (64% of the code), with Go (21%) and Python (11%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Kyoo available in?

The repository has interface translations for 19 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Kyoo?

Close alternatives in the Media servers & streaming category include Seerr, Owncast, Ombi.