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General Questions

What is Cinephage?​

Cinephage is a unified, self-hosted media management platform that handles movies, TV shows, live TV, and streaming in one modern web interface. It combines content discovery, searching, downloading, and subtitle management into a single application with a single database.

What can Cinephage do?​

Cinephage provides comprehensive media management capabilities:

  • Movies — Library management, monitoring, quality profiles, automatic downloads
  • TV Shows — Episode tracking, season packs, automatic episode searches
  • Indexer Management — YAML-based indexer definitions, built-in and custom support
  • Subtitles — 14+ subtitle providers with automatic syncing
  • Requests & Discovery — Browse trending content, manage watchlists
  • Live TV & Streaming — IPTV support via Stalker, XStream, M3U playlists

Is Cinephage free?​

Yes! Cinephage is 100% free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license. There are no premium features, no subscriptions, and no paywalls.

What are the advantages of Cinephage?​

  • Single unified application
  • One database for all media types
  • Consistent UI/UX across all features
  • Lower resource usage (200-500MB typical)
  • Straightforward setup and configuration
  • Consistent automation rules

Trade-off: Unified design covers most common use cases; users needing highly specialized configurations per media type may prefer modular approaches.

Can I import my existing media library?​

Yes, you can import your existing library:

  1. Configure root folders in Cinephage
  2. Use Import feature to scan existing files
  3. Cinephage will match to TMDB

Your files stay in place - Cinephage just creates its own database entries.

Quick Command Reference​

Check Cinephage version:

docker compose exec cinephage cat package.json | grep version

View system info:

docker compose exec cinephage env

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