v0.1.0 — The first release

The first cut is here. It’s small and a little rough around the edges, but it streams a movie, scans a library, and runs quietly on a Pi 5 — which were the three things we had to get right before we’d put a version number on it.

Highlights

• Library scanning. Movies, TV, music. Handles the standard naming conventions, picks up sidecar art and subtitles, and watches the directory for changes after the initial scan.
• Direct play & transcoding. Picks the right path automatically. Transcoding uses VAAPI on Intel, NVENC on NVIDIA, and falls back to libx264 if no GPU is available.
• Web UI. Built with SvelteKit. Loads under 200ms on first paint, adapts to large TVs and small phones.
• Single binary. ~12 MB, statically linked, no runtime.

Known limits in 0.1

• No clustering, no multi-server. One Mythos, one home.
• No mobile apps yet — the web UI is responsive, but a native iOS/Android pair is on the roadmap.
• Live TV is unimplemented. We want it; it’s the headline feature for 0.3.

What’s next

We’re already on 0.2. The headline change is collaborative watch sessions — the ability for two screens in two homes to play the same film, in sync, with a shared chat. We’ve wanted it for a long time. It’s nearly ready.

Get the release on the download page, or read the source on GitLab.