Local only · No cloud

Your movie library. On your machine. Nowhere else.

Browse with thumbscreens, tag what matters, and stream to any device on your LAN — with zero cloud.

Thumbscreen · 4×10Hover → clip
▶ 0:00
▶ 1:24
▶ 2:07

Why Pilebin

Thumbscreens

See 40 frames at once. Hover a cell for a clip. Jump straight to the moment.

Local-only

No cloud APIs, no accounts, no phone-home. Files and tags stay on disk and trusted LAN.

LAN playback

Open the web UI on an iPad or laptop. Play in the browser or hand off to VLC.

Own your data

SQLite on disk. Backups are a file copy. No vendor lock-in, ever.

How it works

01
Install

Download the Windows x64 build. Needs .NET 10 Desktop Runtime and FFmpeg.

02
Point and build

Select your folders. Pilebin generates thumbscreens and tags locally.

03
Browse and play

Stream to any device on your LAN — desktop, iPad, or phone.

Features

Thumbscreens

Composite frame grids (4×10) so you skim a whole video in one glance. Hover a cell for a clip; click to jump to that moment.

Tags and collections

Organize across roots and libraries. Your SQLite file, your backup.

Faces

Detect and cluster faces, name people, and browse by who appears.

Viewer and Admin

LAN web UI plus local admin: jobs, files, tags, convert, database tools — optional and local.

Privacy by design, not by promise

No telemetry. No accounts. No scrapers. LAN-by-design means nothing leaves your machine unless you move it. A private alternative to Plex when you don't want the cloud.

Get started

Windows x64 build. Requires .NET 10 Desktop Runtime and FFmpeg. Grab the latest from GitHub Releases.