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# Quven

> Quven is a free self-hosted media server for films, series, music and ebooks, with native apps on nearly every screen and free hardware transcoding.

Quven is made by Quven Technologies S.R.L. in Italy and runs on hardware its owner keeps at home: Windows and macOS with a native desktop client, Linux as a server in an AppImage or a signed Docker image, and native apps for iPhone and iPad, for Android phones, tablets and Android TV, and for Fire TV, beside a web client that comes with Pro. Against Plex, Emby or Jellyfin, its free plan includes hardware transcoding and self-configured remote access, turns the picture subtitles of a Blu-ray or DVD into text instead of burning them into the video, and imports watch history and playlists from Plex or Jellyfin. No plan shows advertising. Pro adds the managed relay and a subtitle written from the audio on the owner's server, Max the subtitle editor and translation, and Lifetime is Max for a single payment. Quven is closed-source freeware. Every page below exists in English at the address shown and in Italian under /it.

## Guides

- [Control a media server from the command line](https://quven.tv/guides/server-command-line): How to use the quven command on Windows, macOS and Linux to start, stop, check, link and update a Quven server, and where it lives in each package.
- [Run a headless media server on Linux x64 or ARM64](https://quven.tv/guides/media-server-linux): How the Quven Server-only AppImage fits Linux hosts, what is available on x64 and ARM64, and which devices play the library a Linux server holds.
- [Run a media server in Docker with Compose](https://quven.tv/guides/docker-media-server): How to run a self-hosted media server in Docker: Quven Server with Compose on Linux AMD64 or ARM64, data that survives upgrades, and GPU transcoding.
- [Run a media server on macOS, Intel or Apple silicon](https://quven.tv/guides/media-server-macos): A practical macOS media-server guide covering signed native packages, Bundle versus Server-only, direct playback and Apple silicon availability.
- [Run a media server on Windows with a native desktop client](https://quven.tv/guides/media-server-windows): How Quven runs on Windows x64 and ARM64, when to choose the coupled desktop bundle, and what affects direct play and hardware transcoding.
- [DVD and Blu-ray in a self-hosted media library](https://quven.tv/guides/dvd-bluray-media-server): Bringing DVDs and Blu-rays into Quven: why a scan skips ISOs and disc folders, what a remux keeps, and what a browser does with disc audio and subtitles.
- [How to organise films and TV shows for a media server](https://quven.tv/guides/organize-movie-tv-library): A practical folder and naming structure for films and series, for editions and for subtitles, that stays understandable to you and to a media server.
- [How to set up an audiobook library on your own media server](https://quven.tv/guides/audiobook-library): Folders, tags and chapters for audiobooks on a self-hosted server: one book per folder, discs folded together, and your place kept on every device.
- [Keep two copies of a film without the library showing it twice](https://quven.tv/guides/keep-two-copies-of-a-film): How Quven keeps a 4K and a 1080p copy under one title, gives a director's cut a card of its own and joins a film it listed twice, files untouched.
- [Move a media library to a new server without risking the files](https://quven.tv/guides/migrate-media-library): A calm, reversible way to bring an existing film and TV library into a new media server without renaming everything or losing useful versions.
- [Move your media library to a new drive without losing watch history](https://quven.tv/guides/move-library-without-losing-watch-history): How Quven keeps watched marks and resume points when your films move to a new drive, the moves it follows by itself, and the one edit that clears them.
- [How to generate subtitles for a film that has none](https://quven.tv/guides/generate-subtitles-locally): Generate subtitles from a film's dialogue on your own Quven server: where to start, how the speech model arrives and where the finished track is saved.
- [How to translate subtitles with AI](https://quven.tv/guides/ai-subtitle-translation): A practical Quven guide to translating subtitle tracks with AI, choosing a useful source and understanding local PGS OCR and speech-to-text fallbacks.
- [Monitor your media server with Prometheus and Grafana](https://quven.tv/guides/integration-api): Issue a read-only key and point Homepage, Grafana or a script at your server: the six reads, both ways to send the key, and what the API will not tell you.
- [Reach a self-hosted media server outside your home](https://quven.tv/guides/remote-access): Compare self-managed remote access with Quven's managed relay, including NAT, CGNAT, security boundaries and playback consequences.
- [HDR transcoding and tone mapping on a home media server](https://quven.tv/guides/hdr-transcoding): What a server reads as HDR, which graphics backend converts it on the card and which leaves it to the processor, and which clients never ask for it.
- [Watch your media library on Android TV without transcoding](https://quven.tv/guides/android-tv-without-transcoding): How the Quven app for Android TV and Fire TV plays films as they are stored, which settings keep it that way, and how to see when the server converts.
- [Self-hosted media server: what it is and how to run one](https://quven.tv/guides/self-hosted-media-server): What a self-hosted media server is, how it streams your own films to every screen, the hardware it needs and how to set one up at home, step by step.
- [What stays local on a privacy-conscious media server](https://quven.tv/guides/media-server-privacy): Where each piece of your data sits in Quven: local media, cloud identity, profiles, analytics, managed AI, subtitle work, diagnostics and the relay.
- [Why native media playback changes the server workload](https://quven.tv/guides/native-media-playback): Direct play, remux and transcode explained through native media clients, with practical consequences for video quality, HD audio and subtitles.

## Blog

- [How much does a home media server cost to run for a year?](https://quven.tv/blog/cost-to-run-a-media-server-for-a-year): A home media server's yearly bill is mostly electricity. See how many kWh each box draws, and why Quven's free plan keeps the software at zero.
- [How to share one media server with your family on every device](https://quven.tv/blog/share-media-server-with-family): Quven gives everyone at home a profile and lets relatives elsewhere join by email invitation, free on every plan and on the phone and television apps.
- [What happens to your media library when a server raises its prices?](https://quven.tv/blog/media-server-price-increase-library): A price rise can't touch your files or the nine capabilities Quven keeps free. See what it can reach and how to keep your own copy of the library.
- [Which media server feels premium on a TV? Quven, Plex and Emby](https://quven.tv/blog/premium-media-server-on-a-tv): On a TV, premium means the film as stored and screens made for the remote. Quven's app does both free, where Plex and Emby charge for parts of it.
- [What is the best Plex alternative for a Synology or Unraid NAS?](https://quven.tv/blog/plex-alternative-synology-unraid-nas): Quven runs on Unraid and Synology, draws Blu-ray subtitles in its apps instead of transcoding, and uses the NAS's graphics free on every plan.
- [Which media server shows no ads next to your library? Quven and Plex](https://quven.tv/blog/media-server-with-no-ads): Plex's free films and live TV carry ads that Plex Pass does not remove. Quven shows no ads on any plan and builds its home screen from your library.
- [What Emby Premiere charges for that Quven includes free](https://quven.tv/blog/emby-premiere-features-included-free): Emby Premiere sells hardware transcoding, HDR tone mapping and full app playback. Quven includes them on its free plan, with no device limits.
- [Jellyfin vs Quven: what each free media server includes](https://quven.tv/blog/jellyfin-or-quven-free-media-server): Jellyfin and Quven are both free. Quven also builds in a Plex import, one account for every server and, with Pro, a relay that needs no open port.
- [Generate subtitles from audio on your media server: Quven, Plex, Emby](https://quven.tv/blog/media-server-generate-subtitles-from-audio): Quven writes a missing subtitle from the film's own audio on your server, and the audio never leaves it. Plex and Emby search online databases instead.
- [Films, music, ebooks and comics on one media server: Quven, Plex, Emby](https://quven.tv/blog/one-media-server-films-music-ebooks-comics): One Quven server holds films, hi-res music, ebooks and comics, free for personal use. Plex's five library types include none for ebooks or comics.
- [Quven is on Product Hunt: what the listing shows](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-on-product-hunt): Quven, the self-hosted media server free for personal use, is listed on Product Hunt: what it does, which screens it plays on and how to comment.
- [Fire TV, Android TV and iPhone media server apps: Quven, Plex, Emby](https://quven.tv/blog/media-server-apps-fire-tv-android-tv-iphone): Quven, Plex and Emby all have apps for Fire TV, Android TV and iPhone. Quven's play every film in full on the free plan, hardware transcoding included.
- [Is a lifetime media server licence worth it? Quven, Plex and Emby](https://quven.tv/blog/lifetime-media-server-licence-worth-it): Plex tripled its lifetime pass in 2026. Quven Lifetime costs less than two years of annual Max, and the free plan already includes hardware transcoding.
- [Quven on r/selfhosted: how it runs on Docker and Unraid](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-on-r-selfhosted): Quven, the self-hosted media server free for personal use, is on r/selfhosted: how it runs on Docker, Unraid and Linux, and what stays free.
- [Why Blu-ray subtitles make your media server transcode](https://quven.tv/blog/why-blu-ray-subtitles-cause-transcoding): Blu-ray and DVD subtitles are pictures, so most servers re-encode the film to show them. Quven's native apps draw them and leave the file untouched.
- [How to leave Plex without losing your watch history and playlists](https://quven.tv/blog/leave-plex-without-losing-watch-history): Quven imports your Plex watch history, collections and playlists without touching Plex or your files. See what comes across and how to switch.
- [What real discs demand from a subtitle pipeline](https://quven.tv/blog/subtitle-pipeline-real-media): PGS timestamps, transcripts that keep whole sentences and speech recognition on the GPU: three things real discs demand, and how Quven handles each.
- [Launching Quven](https://quven.tv/blog/launching-quven): A self-hosted media server with native playback and polished clients, free for personal use: what it does today and what comes next.
- [A media server that breaks on PGS subtitles isn’t living-room ready](https://quven.tv/blog/pgs-subtitle-pipeline): PGS, VobSub and files without a usable subtitle track reveal whether a media server can preserve timing, text and a proper evening on the sofa.
- [Some titles resist every naming rule. Quven 1.1.4 corrects them.](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-1-1-4-corrections-and-history): Correct a wrong match without renaming one file, bring watch history and playlists over from Plex or Jellyfin, and see exactly who is watching what.
- [The iPhone and iPad app is on the App Store](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-for-iphone-and-ipad): Apple approved Quven for iPhone and iPad on the first submission. It is free, it needs iOS 17, and it is a window onto the server you already run.
- [A good container disappears. Quven Server now runs in one.](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-server-on-docker): Quven Server now ships as a signed multi-architecture image: quiet beside your library, explicit about hardware and built to survive an upgrade.
- [Remote access to your media server, without opening a port](https://quven.tv/blog/remote-access-without-port-forwarding): Port forwarding, a private network or a managed relay: the three ways to reach a self-hosted media server from outside, and how each behaves under CGNAT.
- [When a film library stops being a folder: why choose Quven](https://quven.tv/blog/why-organize-media-library-with-quven): A hard drive full of films is not yet a library. Quven turns it into a place that is organised, watchable and built to survive the next computer.
- [Media server transcoding: why it happens and how to stop it](https://quven.tv/blog/why-your-media-server-transcodes): What media transcoding is, the five things that make a server re-encode a film, and how Quven keeps direct play with native apps and free GPU encoding.
- [Which media server gives you hardware transcoding for free?](https://quven.tv/blog/free-hardware-transcoding-media-server): Quven includes hardware transcoding and HDR tone mapping free on every plan. See which graphics cards it drives and what Plex and Emby charge for the same.
- [A Plex alternative that doesn't charge to stream your own files](https://quven.tv/blog/plex-alternative-free-remote-streaming): Plex now charges to stream your own videos away from home. Quven does it free on every plan, for you and for everyone you share your server with.
- [Quven vs Plex, Emby and Jellyfin](https://quven.tv/blog/quven-vs-plex-and-jellyfin): Why people with a library choose Quven: free hardware transcoding and remote access, picture subtitles turned into text, watch history imported from Plex.
- [A Raspberry Pi is a real media server, until the file is 4K](https://quven.tv/blog/raspberry-pi-media-server): We left a Pi 4 on a shelf and measured it: H.264 at twice real time, HEVC at 1.78x once the Request decoder is wired in, 4K Dolby Vision at 0.05x.
- [Why the subtitle Quven generated isn't next to your film in Docker](https://quven.tv/blog/generated-subtitle-not-beside-the-film-in-docker): A tester generated a subtitle in Docker and couldn't find it beside the film. The read-only media mount refused the copy, and 1.1.22 changes the default.
- [A media library should survive the next server](https://quven.tv/blog/a-media-library-should-survive-the-next-server): A new media server should not turn a personal collection into a cleanup project. Keep files intact, test the awkward cases, let the catalogue earn trust.

## Product

- [Features](https://quven.tv/features): What the server and the clients do.
- [Apps & devices](https://quven.tv/apps): Which client exists for which screen.
- [Plans](https://quven.tv/plans): What is free, what is Pro, what is Max.
- [Hardware & transcoding](https://quven.tv/requirements): Hardware and platform floors.
- [Download](https://quven.tv/download): Packages for every supported platform.
- [Changelog](https://quven.tv/changelog): What each release changed.
- [Roadmap](https://quven.tv/roadmap): What is shipped, planned and deliberately absent.
- [Privacy Policy](https://quven.tv/legal/privacy): What leaves the reader's machine, and when.

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