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I’m working on a small iOS app for streaming my own media directly from a NAS.

I built it because I wanted access to my music (and videos) on my phone without running a full media server like Plex or Jellyfin, and without syncing files locally. The app streams files directly over a VPN (WireGuard / Tailscale), mainly via SFTP/FTP, and plays them as-is without re-encoding or server-side indexing.

You can browse folders directly, or let it build a lightweight local index for faster artist/album browsing on larger libraries. It started as a personal tool, but I’ve been polishing it after some feedback and opened a small TestFlight beta:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/PaQAsGcM

Still early and rough in places, but it’s already replaced my own setup.


Is it something similar to Infuse but with audio support?


Yes, roughly but audio-first and serverless.


WDYM serverless? You still have remote smb storage right? Or all data should be on device?


Usually either the Jellyfin/Navidrome app/web UI, or a native player app that talks to your NAS over the VPN.

For iOS I ended up building a small app for my own setup that streams files straight from the NAS (SFTP/FTP) over WireGuard/Tailscale so no media server in between. TestFlight if anyone wants to try: https://testflight.apple.com/join/PaQAsGcM


Hey

cool thing. Thanks for showing. How many songs are there? Are they generated ?


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