🎬 stry

Video-on-Demand Platform

Demo • Documentation • Installation

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🎯 Introduction

stry is a video-on-demand (VOD) media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and movies with streaming capabilities.

✨ Key Features

• 🎥 HLS Streaming - Built-in HLS playlist generation with adaptive bitrate support
• 🔐 HLS Encryption - Secure video content with encryption
• 📱 Responsive UI - Modern interface powered by Inertia.js and NuxtUI
• 🚀 High Performance - Powered by Laravel Octane and PostgreSQL
• 🔍 Fast Search - Lightning-fast search with Typesense
• 🐳 Container-Ready - Fully containerized with Podman/Quadlet support

Note

This is a personal project that can be used personally or as a reference guide for building your own streaming platform.

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📸 Demo

For WIP screenshots, please check out: https://github.com/francoism90/.github/tree/main/stry

Note

A hosted demo is planned, but not yet available.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Technology
Backend	Laravel 12.x
Frontend	Inertia 2.x with NuxtUI
Database	PostgreSQL 18.x
Containers	Podman 5.x
Search	Typesense 29.x
Video Processing	Laravel FFmpeg
Video Streaming	Laravel Shaka

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📋 Prerequisites

System Requirements:

• 🐧 Linux (Debian, Fedora, Arch, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.)
• 🐳 Podman 5.3+ with Quadlet (systemd) support
• 🛠️ Basic tools: git, bash

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📚 Documentation

Comprehensive guides are available in the docs/ folder:

Guide	Description
🚀 Production Setup	Deploy to production
💻 Development Guide	Local development setup
⚙️ Configuration	Configuration options
🔧 System Setup	System requirements
🐳 Podman Guide	Container management
🌐 Proxy Setup	Reverse proxy configuration
☁️ S3 Storage	Object storage setup
🎮 Interaction	CLI usage and commands

Tip

Quick start: Choose between Production or Development setup.

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🚀 Usage

Starting the Instance

systemctl --user start stry proxy

The instance will be available at: https://stry.test

Creating an Admin User

For testing purposes only, seed a super-admin user:

stry a db:seed --class=AdminSeeder

Warning

Only seed admins for testing! Never use the seeder in production.

Tip

See the Interaction Guide for a Laravel Sail-style shell utility approach.

Admin Services

The following services are only accessible when logged in as super-admin:

Service	URL	Description
🎛️ Admin	https://stry.test/admin	Admin dashboard (WIP)
🌊 Horizon	https://stry.test/horizon	Queue monitoring and management
🔭 Telescope	https://stry.test/telescope	Debugging assistant (dev only)

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📝 License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

⭐ Support

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