Spiel — your movies, everywhere | self-hosted media player
Up and running in minutes
No accounts required to start, no router settings, nothing to configure twice.
Run the server
Download it for your Mac, Windows or Linux box and open it — it lives quietly in the<br>menu bar or as a service. Docker works too.
Point it at your media
Add a folder, a NAS share, a cloud drive or your Plex/Jellyfin server. Filenames become<br>a real library with posters, ratings and episodes.
Watch everywhere
Open Spiel on the TV, the phone or in a browser — same library, same resume points.<br>Go Pro and it follows you out the door.
A player that feels like the big ones
Ten-foot interface, artwork and metadata, instant resume — but it's your<br>collection, your hardware, your rules.
▶Plays everything
MKV, HEVC, multiple audio tracks, embedded and sidecar subtitles. What the device<br>can't decode, your server transcodes on the fly — seeking stays instant.
⌂Made for the living room
A real 10-foot UI: poster rows, Siri-Remote focus that tilts and shines like the<br>best TV apps, scrubber previews, skip-intro and auto next-episode.
⇆Resume anywhere
Pause on the TV, continue on the phone. Watch state and preferences follow your<br>account to every device — free.
☁Away from home
Your server dials out; the Spiel relay finds it from anywhere. Full library and<br>streaming over the internet with zero router configuration.
◫Truly multi-user
Every account keeps its own sources, settings and watch state — sign in once on<br>the server and every screen in the house follows.
✦Artwork & metadata
Filenames become a real library: posters, ratings, descriptions, seasons and<br>episodes, automatically.
Every source you'd expect
If your media lives on it, Spiel plays from it.
SMB / NAS<br>NFS<br>WebDAV<br>FTP · SFTP<br>Local folders<br>Plex<br>Jellyfin<br>Emby<br>Google Drive<br>OneDrive<br>Dropbox<br>阿里云盘 Aliyun<br>115 网盘<br>夸克 Quark<br>百度 Baidu<br>123 云盘<br>PikPak<br>MEGA<br>S3<br>…and more
Simple plans
Everything at home is free. Pay only if you want your library to travel.
Free
$0
forever
Full player on every device
All sources, all formats
Resume across devices
Your own library server, at home
Get started
Spiel Propopular
$0.99
per month · or $9.99/year
Everything in Free
Reach your library from anywhere
No port forwarding, no setup
Cancel anytime
Go Pro
Lifetime
$49.99
one payment, forever
Everything in Pro
Every future update
Buy once, done
Buy Lifetime
Frequently asked questions
The short version — the docs have the rest.
What is Spiel?<br>Spiel is a self-hosted media player for your own movie and TV library. You run a small server on your Mac, Windows, Linux box or NAS, point it at your files, and watch them on Apple TV, iPhone, Mac and the web — with beautiful artwork, resume-across-devices and remote access.
What media sources does Spiel support?<br>Local folders, network shares (SMB, NFS, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV), cloud drives like Google Drive and Dropbox, and existing Plex, Jellyfin or Emby servers.
Which devices can I watch on?<br>Apple TV and iPhone/iPad (beta), any Mac, Windows or Linux machine, and any web browser. Android and Fire TV are on the way.
Do I need to open ports on my router to watch away from home?<br>No. With Spiel Pro, your server reaches out to Spiel's relay over an outbound-only connection, so you can stream from anywhere without port forwarding or any router configuration. Your video streams directly and never passes through Spiel's servers.
Is Spiel free?<br>Yes. The free plan gives you the full player on every device, all sources and formats, and resume across devices on your home network. Spiel Pro ($0.99/month, $9.99/year, or $49.99 lifetime) adds internet access to your library from anywhere.
Get Spiel
▶Try it right now — no install, no sign-up
A live Spiel server running in the cloud, signed in as<br>demo@spielplayer.com and stocked with open movies.<br>Play something, skip around, close the tab, come back — it remembers where<br>you were. That resume position syncs the same way across every device you'd<br>own.
Open the demo player
shared demo library · resets periodically · your own Spiel is private to you
Spiel is in private beta while we finish the App Store releases.<br>Want in early?
Spiel for macOS
The app: double-click and a window opens with your library and player —<br>the server runs inside it. Or grab the menu-bar server for a Mac you leave<br>on for the TV. ffmpeg bundled in both.
Download app<br>Server only
Apple silicon · macOS 12+ · ~64 MB each
Unsigned: right-click → Open the first time, since it isn't<br>notarised yet.
Spiel Server for Linux
A standalone binary — ffmpeg bundled, nothing else to install. Runs on<br>Debian 11+, Ubuntu 20.04+ and equivalents. Or use Docker.
Linux x86-64<br>Linux ARM64
tar xzf … && ./spiel-server/spiel-server
Spiel for Windows
The app: double-click Spiel.exe and a native<br>window opens with your library and player — the server runs inside it.<br>Or grab the headless server for a NAS or background use<br>(spiel-server.exe serve)....