Your media server, paid for once
Your library, forged to last.
Films, shows, anime, music, manga and live TV, all on hardware you own and played on every screen you have. There's no subscription. Pay once and it's yours.
One vault
Everything you own, in one place.
Point Forgevault at a folder, a spare drive or a NAS share. It works out what every file is, adds the posters and synopses, and keeps your files the way they are.
- MoviesPosters and synopses
- TVSeasons, episode stills
- AnimeMatched by AniList
- MusicAlbums, singles, features
- Manga & comicsA reader built in
- Live TVChannels and a guide
- WebYouTube without the ads
- StreamsPlay now or keep it
Every screen
Start it on the sofa. Finish it on the train.
Native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android, a remote-friendly TV app, and a browser player for anyone you send a link to. Wherever you stop, the next screen picks up from there.
Plugins
Add what you need. Build what's missing.
Every source Forgevault can browse is a plugin: a single .fvplugin file you install from Settings, with nothing to change on the server. Plugins carry a version and update in place, and each one says which tools it needs and which systems it runs on.
- Books from Project Gutenberg and OAPEN, the Internet Archive, MangaDex, Webtoons and more
- Paste a Stremio addon's address and it becomes a source
- The plugin builder comes with Forgevault, so anyone can write one
It does the tedious parts
Less setting up. More watching.
- Metadata on its ownTMDB, TVmaze, AniList and MusicBrainz, matched when you scan and saved for good. If a match is wrong, you fix it from the card.
- Skip intro, skip creditsIt finds the opening and the credits, skips the one, and offers the next episode during the other.
- Subtitles that behaveEmbedded tracks and sidecar files, drawn cleanly on every client.
- Your whole householdEach person has their own account and watch history, and you choose which libraries they see.
Actually yours
It runs in your house, not in our cloud.
The server runs on your own computer. Your library, watch history and accounts stay on your own disk. There are no ads and no tracking, and there's no company server that has to stay up for you to press play.
- Works on your home network with no internet at all
- No account with us is needed to watch
- Share links run through a tunnel, so you don't open ports on your router
Buy once
One price. Yours for life.
Subscriptions keep charging you every month. Forgevault costs the same whether you use it for one year or ten, and every version we ever release is included.
Lifetime licence
$29once
- The server and every client app
- As many users on your server as you like
- The plugin builder
- Every future version, free, and updating is up to you
- No subscription, and nothing to renew
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Questions
Good to know
Is it really just one payment?
Yes. You pay once and it's yours for good. There's no monthly fee, and you'll never pay for an upgrade: every future version is included. You never have to update, either. Keep the version you have, or download the latest whenever you like.
What do I need to run the server?
A Windows, macOS or Linux machine that stays on while you watch. A spare PC is plenty. The media can be on that machine's drives or on a NAS share it has mounted.
Can my family use it?
Yes. Make an account for each person. Everyone gets their own watch history and ratings, and you choose which libraries each group can see.
Can I write my own plugin?
Yes. The plugin builder makes a new project with everything it needs, checks your plugin against its manifest, and packs it into one file you can install or share.
Does it work without the internet?
On your home network, yes. The internet is only used to look up posters and details for new files, and for share links when you send one.