Self-hosted media server

Your library,premium on every screen.

Quven is a self-hosted media server for your movies, shows and documentaries — built native-first across desktop and native mobile, with a premium web client as your universal fallback. Your media, on your hardware, served the way you set it up.

  • No ads or cross-site tracking
  • Free for home use
  • Unlimited household profiles
  • Desktop, web & native mobile apps

Think of it as a complete, self-hosted media platform: unified server, native desktop and mobile clients, and web fallback in one product.

Movies TV Shows Documentaries Multi-file titles Smart matching
Why Quven

Everything a serious library needs

Full-fidelity playback, a catalogue that understands itself, and premium clients on every screen — without giving up control of your media.

Direct play, untouched

When a client can demux the source, Quven streams the original file as-is — no transcode, no quality loss, no fans spinning up.

Hardware transcoding

When a device can't decode natively, the server transcodes on the fly with auto-detected acceleration: NVENC, Quick Sync, CUDA, VideoToolbox.

Many files, one title

A 4K rip and a 1080p remux of the same film live under one entry; a Sources picker chooses the variant when you press play.

Automatic matching

Metadata matched against TMDb, coping with release-scene naming in five languages, year-mismatch recovery and leet-substitution repair.

Exclusive iPhone & iPad

A SwiftUI client built for Apple devices: dynamic iPad layouts, pointer-aware controls, keyboard shortcuts, widgets, PiP, AirPlay handoff and native sheets.

Runs on your hardware

Your media files never leave your machine for local playback. Profile data syncs through Quven so reinstalling a server doesn't erase it.

Native first

The hard parts of playback, done on purpose.

Browsers do a lot in 2026, but the native clients can use the strongest playback path each device supports: desktop and TV-class outputs handle receiver chains, while phone and tablet clients focus on libmpv format, subtitle and HDR coverage.

  • Direct play with zero transcode when the chosen client can decode
  • HD audio served untouched on desktop and TV-class output paths
  • HDR10 & Dolby Vision handled according to the device display
  • Styled ASS, PGS and VobSub subtitles on native playback paths
How playback works
SourceUHD BD Remux · HEVC · TrueHD Atmos
Native client Direct play
VideoUntouched — no re-encode
AudioOriginal — no re-encode
Browser clientHLS transcode
AccelerationNVENC · QSV · VideoToolbox

Same library, the right path for each device — chosen automatically.

Every screen

One server, every screen you own.

Native desktop apps, a premium web client, the native Android phone/tablet app and an exclusive Apple-native iPhone/iPad experience — all from one self-hosted server.

Plain comparison

Where Quven fits

Full ownership on your hardware, native-first playback, and pricing that follows real cloud cost.

Your server, your network

You can stream from home or outside on your own network setup for free. Paid cloud relay is optional and only for zero-config remote convenience.

Native-first playback

The experience is optimized around native clients for full fidelity and hardware decoding, with the web app as a polished fallback when needed.

Single integrated platform

One Quven Account links your household, profiles and servers. Your media stays self-hosted; your personal state follows you across reinstalls.

Set-up

From sign-in to film in three steps

One free Quven Account, one linked self-hosted server, and a profile picker for the household.

  1. 1

    Create your Quven Account

    Sign in or create a free account with your email and password. The same identity works across desktop, web, native mobile and every server you link.

  2. 2

    Connect a server

    Pick a server discovered on your LAN, connect to a remote server already linked to your account, or link a new self-hosted server during first run.

  3. 3

    Choose a profile and watch

    Create household profiles with optional PINs, pick one, then stream at home or remotely. Watchlists, ratings and resume follow the profile.

Plans

Free for home. Paid only for the cloud.

The complete self-hosted experience is free forever. Paid tiers only add features that run on Quven's infrastructure.

Free
Free

The complete self-hosted experience for your home. Forever.

Max
€12/mo

Every cloud-powered extra, plus a human on the other end of support.

100

founding spots

Be one of the first.

The Founders window is open now. It is capped at 100 accounts: join while places remain for Pro through 31 December 2026 and a permanent discount afterward.

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Bring your library home.

Free for home use and yours to run on your own hardware. Install it in minutes.