React, Vite, and Tailwind
BurnFlix uses a responsive React app shell, Vite build pipeline, Tailwind styling, focus states, keyboard navigation, and Big Picture mode for TV-friendly browsing.
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A local media server with a modern app stack and deep metadata pipeline.
BurnFlix combines a fast React interface, an Express backend, local-first caching, provider enrichment, image asset catalogs, video streaming, UPnP/DLNA support, game library tooling, and recommendations generated without AI.
Express media server
The Express backend serves APIs, static production assets, settings, range-aware video streaming, uploads, library health, and local cache files.
Instant startup from disk
A persisted library snapshot lets BurnFlix render immediately while background scan reconciliation updates new, changed, and removed media safely.
Recommendations without generation
BurnFlix does not use AI or AI generation. Recommendations are based on genres, most watched media, and signals from your personal library.
Provider integrations
Metadata and artwork from the services collectors expect.
BurnFlix pulls rich metadata and images from multiple providers, caches the results locally, and keeps selected artwork stable across refreshes.
TMDB
Primary movie and TV metadata, posters, backdrops, logos, cast, crew, related-title data, and imagery.
OMDb & TheTVDB
Fallback movie metadata, series details, TV artwork, status, networks, seasons, and provider identifiers.
Steam
PC game metadata, vertical library covers, hero images, logos, icons, approved app records, and launch targets.
Libretro, IGDB, OpenVGDB
Retro game matching, canonical names, box art, screenshots, title screens, summaries, release data, and game artwork.
Major systems
The pieces that make BurnFlix feel like a real product.
Smart scanning
Recursive scanning for movies, TV episodes, generic videos, and games with filename cleanup and episode parsing.
Local artwork pipeline
Provider images, extracted video frames, app assets, game art, and selected artwork are cached locally.
Living room playback
HTML5 video playback, range streaming, UPnP/DLNA support, TV-safe layout, and remote-style keyboard navigation.
BurnFlix
Your files stay local. The polish does not have to.
BurnFlix pulls the best available metadata and artwork, caches it, and gives you control over the final library.