Hi Product Hunt! Basalt started from a simple problem: films, photos and files on a drive in one PC, and no simple way to reach them from a phone or another PC without a cloud subscription, an account, or an afternoon of configuring a media server. So Basalt is the simple version. Install Basalt Host on the PC with the drive, install Basalt on your phone or other PCs, and they find each other on your Wi-Fi. No IP addresses, no accounts. What you get: - Films and series recognised and filed with posters, with a Continue watching that follows you from device to device - A player that handles files your phone's own player refuses: 4K, HEVC and every subtitle track - Every photo from every folder, and files moved between PC and phone at the full speed of your home network - A profile for everyone at home, each with their own watch history It's free and open source (GPLv3). Your files only ever travel between your own devices, encrypted, on your own network. It runs on Windows and Android today. I'd love to hear what you'd want next, and what would make you switch from what you use now.

Basalt

Your own streaming service, on a drive you already own

Your own streaming service, on a drive you already own