MediaShelf

Your collection, beautifully organized

Your media library,
without the streaming service.

MediaShelf turns folders of local movies and TV shows into a polished visual library—with artwork, metadata, Continue Watching, controller navigation, and local playback.

Download MediaShelf View on GitHub

Available for Intel Mac

MediaShelfYour library
MediaShelf home screen showing a featured movie and Continue Watching row
Actual MediaShelf interface
Explore

See the transformation

From folders to a library.

Point MediaShelf at the collection you already have. It handles the presentation; your files stay where they are.

  1. 01Open a normal media folder
  2. 02Launch MediaShelf
  3. 03Watch files become a visual library
  4. 04Browse and play with a controller
  5. 05Return to Continue Watching

Built for the collection you have

A better way to browse
what's already yours.

All the shape and polish of a modern media library, centered on local files and straightforward playback.

01

Automatic posters & artwork

MediaShelf finds polished artwork for the titles it can match confidently.

02

Movie & TV metadata

Turn filenames into browsable movies, shows, seasons, and episodes.

03

Continue Watching

Pick up where you left off, with progress kept visible at the front of your library.

04

Controller-friendly

Browse, select, play, pause, and seek from the couch with an Xbox controller.

05

Local playback

Play the media files already on your computer or connected drive.

06

Library refresh

Bring newly added files into your library with a refresh.

07

Artwork control

Choose another match or apply manual artwork where the app supports it.

08

No subscription

There is no streaming subscription between you and the collection you already have.

The real application

MediaShelf library with sidebar, Continue Watching, movies, and TV shows
Library view
MediaShelf TV show detail screen with season episodes
Show details

A local-first point of view

Your files.
Your library.
Your computer.

MediaShelf is designed around browsing and playing the media collection you already have—without requiring that collection to live behind a streaming subscription.

Get MediaShelf

Download for macOS.

MediaShelf is an early public project currently available for Intel Macs running macOS 13 or newer.

Available

macOS

Version
v0.1.1
Architecture
Intel · macOS 13+
Download for macOS

Portable-data fix · macOS may require a Gatekeeper override

Open source

Follow the build.

MediaShelf is an independent project. View the source, report bugs, and follow development in the application's GitHub repository.

github.com/degenerateearth/MediaShelf