diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 18c3325..06725d1 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -54,3 +54,11 @@ SMTP_FROM=
# more than one instance against the same database, keep SCHEDULER_ENABLED=true on exactly one
# of them and false on the rest, to avoid double quota use and write races.
SCHEDULER_ENABLED=true
+
+# --- Download center ---
+# The Download Center adds a `worker` container (runs the yt-dlp/ffmpeg job loop) and a small
+# `bgutil-pot` sidecar (mints YouTube tokens) — both come up automatically with docker compose.
+# Downloaded media defaults to a Docker-managed named volume. Set DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH to a host
+# directory instead — e.g. one your Plex server can read — to keep the Plex-style tree there.
+# The path must be writable by the container user (uid of `appuser`, 1000): chown 1000:1000
.
+# DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH=/mnt/media/youtube
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 08f9839..5775471 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ COPY backend/ .
COPY VERSION ./VERSION
COPY --from=frontend /fe/dist ./app/static_spa
-RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
+# Create the download-center mount point owned by the app user, so a fresh named volume mounted
+# at /downloads inherits appuser ownership (Docker copies the image dir's ownership into a new
+# empty volume) — the worker/API can then write there without a manual chown. A bind mount to a
+# host path instead needs that path writable by this uid (see docs/self-hosting.md).
+RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser \
+ && mkdir -p /downloads \
+ && chown -R appuser /app /downloads
USER appuser
EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9df4e6..cd72694 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ blocker and SponsorBlock keep working.
tags to slice the feed by.
- **Playlists with two-way YouTube sync** — build them locally, keep them in sync in both directions.
- **In-app player** with resume, plus keyboard/scroll controls.
+- **Download Center** — save videos to the server with yt-dlp in a Plex-friendly layout (format
+ presets, per-user storage quota), trim / crop / split & join them in a built-in editor, then save
+ to your device, share with another user, or hand out a public watch link.
- **Multi-user** with per-user private state, a shared catalog, and a fair daily API-quota guard.
- **Self-hosted & private**, with a first-run web setup wizard and the interface in **English,
Hungarian and German**.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8854156..2157409 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.21.0
+0.22.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.selfhost.yml b/docker-compose.selfhost.yml
index 758e6fc..fe96969 100644
--- a/docker-compose.selfhost.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.selfhost.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ services:
DATABASE_URL: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER:-siftlode}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-siftlode}
# This instance owns the background scheduler (single writer).
SCHEDULER_ENABLED: "true"
+ # Download center: the API serves finished files + builds filmstrips; the worker (below) runs
+ # the yt-dlp job loop. Read-only root is fine — it only writes to the /downloads mount + tmpfs.
+ DOWNLOAD_ROOT: /downloads
+ WORKER_ENABLED: "false"
depends_on:
db:
condition: service_healthy
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ services:
# Reachable on the host's LAN at http://:8080. Put a reverse proxy (Caddy/Nginx) in
# front for HTTPS / public exposure — and set OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL to the https URL.
- "${HTTP_PORT:-8080}:8000"
+ volumes:
+ # Downloaded media. Defaults to a Docker-managed named volume; set DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH in .env
+ # to a host directory (e.g. one your Plex server reads) to keep the Plex-style tree there.
+ - ${DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH:-siftlode_downloads}:/downloads
security_opt:
- no-new-privileges:true
cap_drop:
@@ -60,8 +68,48 @@ services:
start_period: 30s
restart: unless-stopped
+ # Download worker: same image, runs the yt-dlp / ffmpeg job loop instead of the API. Shares the
+ # DB (job queue) and the downloads mount with the API. Not read-only (yt-dlp/deno/ffmpeg write to
+ # $HOME caches + the staging dir).
+ worker:
+ image: forge.b1fr0st.eu/peter/siftlode:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+ command: ["python", "-m", "app.worker"]
+ env_file:
+ - .env
+ environment:
+ DATABASE_URL: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER:-siftlode}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-siftlode}
+ SCHEDULER_ENABLED: "false"
+ DOWNLOAD_ROOT: /downloads
+ WORKER_ENABLED: "true"
+ depends_on:
+ db:
+ condition: service_healthy
+ bgutil-pot:
+ condition: service_started
+ networks: [internal]
+ volumes:
+ - ${DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH:-siftlode_downloads}:/downloads
+ security_opt:
+ - no-new-privileges:true
+ cap_drop:
+ - ALL
+ tmpfs:
+ - /tmp
+ restart: unless-stopped
+
+ # PO-token provider sidecar: mints YouTube Proof-of-Origin tokens so the worker beats bot-detection
+ # and unlocks high-quality formats (reached at http://bgutil-pot:4416, the config default).
+ bgutil-pot:
+ image: brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider:1.3.1
+ init: true
+ networks: [internal]
+ security_opt:
+ - no-new-privileges:true
+ restart: unless-stopped
+
volumes:
siftlode_pgdata:
+ siftlode_downloads:
networks:
internal:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 70ad302..1c26e30 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,19 @@ services:
env_file: .env
environment:
DATABASE_URL: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER:-siftlode}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-siftlode}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-siftlode}
+ # Download center: the API serves finished files + builds filmstrips; the worker (below) runs
+ # the yt-dlp job loop.
+ DOWNLOAD_ROOT: /downloads
+ WORKER_ENABLED: "false"
depends_on:
db:
condition: service_healthy
ports:
- "${APP_PORT:-8080}:8000"
+ volumes:
+ # Downloaded media. Defaults to a Docker-managed named volume; set DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH in .env
+ # to a host directory (e.g. one your Plex server reads) to keep the Plex-style tree there.
+ - ${DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH:-downloads}:/downloads
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; exit(0 if urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8000/healthz').status == 200 else 1)"]
interval: 15s
@@ -38,5 +46,39 @@ services:
start_period: 25s
restart: unless-stopped
+ # Download worker: same image, runs the yt-dlp / ffmpeg job loop instead of the API. Shares the
+ # DB (job queue) + the downloads mount with the API.
+ worker:
+ build:
+ context: .
+ dockerfile: Dockerfile
+ args:
+ APP_VERSION: ${APP_VERSION:-dev}
+ GIT_SHA: ${GIT_SHA:-unknown}
+ BUILD_DATE: ${BUILD_DATE:-}
+ command: ["python", "-m", "app.worker"]
+ env_file: .env
+ environment:
+ DATABASE_URL: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER:-siftlode}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-siftlode}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-siftlode}
+ SCHEDULER_ENABLED: "false"
+ DOWNLOAD_ROOT: /downloads
+ WORKER_ENABLED: "true"
+ depends_on:
+ db:
+ condition: service_healthy
+ bgutil-pot:
+ condition: service_started
+ volumes:
+ - ${DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH:-downloads}:/downloads
+ restart: unless-stopped
+
+ # PO-token provider sidecar: mints YouTube Proof-of-Origin tokens so the worker beats bot-detection
+ # and unlocks high-quality formats (reached at http://bgutil-pot:4416, the config default).
+ bgutil-pot:
+ image: brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider:1.3.1
+ init: true
+ restart: unless-stopped
+
volumes:
pgdata:
+ downloads:
diff --git a/docs/self-hosting.md b/docs/self-hosting.md
index bfb4cb0..94d68b6 100644
--- a/docs/self-hosting.md
+++ b/docs/self-hosting.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ configured in a web wizard on first start. There's no editing of config files by
- A machine with **Docker** and the **Docker Compose plugin** (Docker Desktop on Windows/macOS,
or Docker Engine on Linux).
-- A few hundred MB of disk and ~1 GB RAM free.
+- A few hundred MB of disk and ~1 GB RAM free for the app itself. The optional Download Center
+ stores media too — budget disk for whatever you download (it's bounded by per-user quotas you
+ set as admin).
- Optional: a domain name + reverse proxy if you want HTTPS / public access (see below).
## 1. Get the files
@@ -77,6 +79,24 @@ public access, put a reverse proxy (Caddy, Nginx, Traefik…) in front to termin
secure). If you've already run the installer, edit `OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL` in `.env` to the https
callback URL and `docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml up -d`.
+## Download Center (media storage)
+
+The stack includes a **Download Center**: an admin-enabled feature that saves videos to the server
+with yt-dlp (Plex-friendly folders + `.nfo`/poster), lets users trim/crop/join clips, and shares
+them. It runs two extra containers that come up automatically — a `worker` (the download/edit job
+loop) and a small `bgutil-pot` sidecar (mints YouTube tokens so downloads aren't bot-blocked). No
+configuration is required; per-user storage quotas are set on the admin **Downloads → System** page.
+
+By default the media lives in a Docker-managed volume (`siftlode_downloads`). To keep it somewhere
+you can reach from other apps — e.g. a folder your **Plex** server indexes — point it at a host
+directory by adding this to `.env` and re-running `up -d`:
+
+```bash
+DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH=/mnt/media/youtube
+```
+
+The directory must be writable by the container user (uid `1000`): `sudo chown -R 1000:1000 `.
+
## Day-to-day
```bash
@@ -84,8 +104,9 @@ callback URL and `docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml up -d`.
docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml up -d
-# Logs / status
+# Logs / status (api = web, worker = downloads/edits)
docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml logs -f api
+docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml logs -f worker
docker compose -f docker-compose.selfhost.yml ps
# Stop
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index 5d5d5eb..abf8efa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
}
export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+ {
+ version: "0.22.0",
+ date: "2026-07-04",
+ summary: "The Download Center — save videos to the server, edit them into clips, and share them.",
+ features: [
+ "Download Center: save any video (or a search result) to the server with yt-dlp, laid out Plex-style with a poster + info file. Choose a built-in format preset or make your own, keep an eye on your per-user storage quota, and save the finished file to your device.",
+ "Built-in video editor: trim, crop, and cut a download into segments — keep the parts you want as separate clips or join them into one file. Pick a precise (frame-accurate) or fast cut, with a scrub timeline and a hover preview.",
+ "Sharing: share a download with another user (it appears in their “Shared with me”, where they can edit their own copy or remove it), or hand out a public watch link that plays on a clean, login-free page — with an optional password, an expiry, and a stream-only vs downloadable toggle.",
+ "Tidier video titles across the feed, search and downloads — clickbait ALL-CAPS and trailing hashtag clutter are cleaned up for display (the original title is kept underneath).",
+ ],
+ fixes: [
+ "The browser tab now carries an app icon and shows the section you're on; clicking the Siftlode logo returns you to the feed.",
+ ],
+ },
{
version: "0.21.0",
date: "2026-07-02",
diff --git a/install.ps1 b/install.ps1
index bd2f2e9..c3069de 100644
--- a/install.ps1
+++ b/install.ps1
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$pgPass
SECRET_KEY=$secretKey
TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$fernet
OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL=$url/auth/callback
+
+# Optional: store Download Center media in a host folder (e.g. one your Plex server reads) instead
+# of a Docker volume. Must be writable by uid 1000 (chown -R 1000:1000 ).
+# DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH=/mnt/media/youtube
"@ | Set-Content -Path .env -Encoding ascii
Write-Host "Wrote .env (secrets generated)."
}
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f9e3773..c6ad65b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
SECRET_KEY=$SECRET_KEY
TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY
OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL=$URL/auth/callback
+
+# Optional: store Download Center media in a host folder (e.g. one your Plex server reads) instead
+# of a Docker volume. Must be writable by uid 1000 (sudo chown -R 1000:1000 ).
+# DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH=/mnt/media/youtube
EOF
chmod 600 .env
echo "Wrote .env (secrets generated)."