Quven is a free self-hosted media server for films, shows, music, ebooks, and comics, with native apps, direct play, transcoding, profiles, and remote access.
Quven is a free, self-hosted media server for films, television shows, documentaries, music, ebooks, and comics. It runs on the hardware where the library is stored, scans folders into organized libraries, matches metadata against several catalogues, and serves the collection to native apps or a browser client.
Its main workflow is native-first playback: compatible clients can receive the original media without transcoding, while other devices can use on-the-fly transcoding and HDR tone-mapping. Quven supports household profiles, resume positions, watchlists, and remote streaming through either user-managed networking or an optional hosted relay on Pro. Personal use is free; Pro and Max add paid features, but pricing is not specified in the available source content.
When the selected client supports the source, Quven streams the original container, video, audio, and subtitles without re-encoding. Native players support formats including H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9, AAC, AC3, EAC3, DTS, TrueHD, and FLAC, subject to client capability.
If direct play is unavailable, the server transcodes during playback and can use NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, or Apple acceleration where available. HDR10 and Dolby Vision sources can be tone-mapped to SDR for displays that do not support HDR.
The library matcher uses TMDb, TVDB, OMDb, and AniDB, with support for common release-style naming and manual Fix match correction. A single title can group 4K and 1080p files, alternate cuts, and different audio-language versions.
Native playback supports styled ASS/SSA, PGS, and VobSub subtitles, along with SRT, VTT, and sidecar files. Pro can generate a reusable subtitle track locally from dialogue when no subtitle file exists.
Quven reads music tags and nearby artwork, supports lyrics from embedded tags or LRC files, and provides an ebook and comic reader on supported desktop and web clients. Playback queues and reading position are retained per profile.
Household profiles can have optional PINs, while watchlists, ratings, resume points, and reading position are associated with the profile. A read-only integration API can expose server data to tools such as Homepage, Grafana, or scripts.
Install the server beside a locally stored film and TV collection, point libraries at the relevant folders, and let Quven match titles, episodes, editions, and metadata. Multiple versions of a film can remain under one entry.
Use Windows or macOS desktop playback, mobile apps, Android TV, Fire TV, or iPhone and iPad apps to watch from different rooms and devices. Direct play avoids conversion when the client supports the source.
Set up user profiles with optional PINs so household members can keep separate watchlists, ratings, resume points, and reading positions while sharing the same server and media folders.
Stream from outside the home either through a self-managed port, reverse proxy, or tunnel, or use the Pro relay when avoiding router configuration is more important than keeping networking fully self-managed.
Manage a mixed collection by combining tagged music, lyrics and artwork, ebook or comic reading, subtitle files, and video libraries in one self-hosted installation. A read-only API can also supply server data to dashboards or scripts.
Quven is installed on the machine that stores the media. Windows has an MSI installer for Windows 10 and 11, macOS has a signed package for macOS 13 or later on Intel and Apple silicon, and Linux server AppImages are available for x64 and ARM64. After launch, sign in, link the server to a Quven Account, add media folders, and scan the library.
You can stream over your home network or configure remote access yourself with a port, reverse proxy, or tunnel such as Tailscale. Pro adds a managed relay that works without port forwarding or DNS configuration; a fair-use bandwidth allowance applies.
Native clients direct-play compatible source files without re-encoding. When a device cannot decode a file, Quven can transcode on the fly using detected acceleration such as NVIDIA NVENC or CUDA, Intel Quick Sync, AMD, or Apple VideoToolbox. HDR sources can be tone-mapped to SDR for compatible clients.
The Free tier is for personal use and includes native clients, hardware transcoding, metadata matching, multi-file title variants, unlimited profiles, and do-it-yourself remote access. Pro and Max add further capabilities, including the hosted web client and managed relay in Pro. Current prices are not stated in the available page content.
Quven has native desktop clients for Windows and macOS, mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Android TV, and Fire TV, plus a browser client. Linux is currently server-only; Apple TV and smart-TV apps are planned.
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