Kinode Media Server streams the movies and shows you already own to every screen you own, at home or away, shared with whoever you choose. Nothing is locked behind a paywall, because there's nothing to sell you.
Remote streaming, hardware transcoding, and library sharing are all included.
Other media servers ship these as upsells, or removed them after you'd already built your library. Here they're just how it works.
When your phone is on the same network as your server, it talks straight to it, with no round trip through the internet. Apps find your server automatically and switch to the local route the moment they can.
Start a room, share a five-character code, and everyone's playback stays in sync, with a chat sidebar alongside it. Movie night with people three time zones away.
Intros are detected automatically by comparing episodes across a season, so the skip button is just there. No subscription tier required to skip a theme song.
Give family access to specific libraries instead of all or nothing. Set a maximum content rating per person so the kids' account simply cannot see or play what it shouldn't.
The activity page tells you exactly what's streaming and why it's converting, naming the actual codec, instead of a vague "optimizing" message while your CPU screams.
Sign-in tokens are verified by your own server. If this website went offline tomorrow, your movies would keep playing. Your library never depends on someone else's uptime.
We're not guessing at what matters. This is the list of things that got taken away or fenced off elsewhere.
| Capability | Typical media server | Kinode Media Server |
|---|---|---|
| Streaming outside your home | Paid subscription | Included |
| Hardware transcoding | Paid subscription | Included |
| Skip intro / credits | Paid subscription | Included |
| Synced group watching | Not offered | Included |
| Forced local connection | Removed | Default behavior |
| Ads & content you didn't add | On your home screen | Never |
| Plays when the vendor is down | Sign-in fails | Keeps working |
Sign in once. Your servers, and anything a friend shared with you, show up everywhere automatically.
Install the server on the machine holding your media, create an account here so your apps can find it, and start watching. That's the entire process.