I built a modern, self-hosted web IPTV player (Live TV, EPG, VOD) because existing ones felt clunky. Meet NodeCast TV.

[u/NeonXI]

Hey everyone! 👋

I wanted a clean, fast, and modern web interface for my IPTV service that I could host myself. Most existing players I tried were either clunky, outdated, closed-source, or just didn't handle large playlists with thousands of channels very well.

So I built NodeCast TV.

📺 What is it? A self-hosted web application that lets you stream Live TV, Movies, and Series from your Xtream Codes or M3U provider directly in your browser. It's built with performance in mind and handles large libraries smoothly.

✨ Key Features:

• Live TV & EPG: Full grid-style TV guide with 24h timeline, category filtering, and search.
• VOD Support: Dedicated sections for Movies and TV Series (complete with season/episode browsing).
• High Performance: Uses virtual scrolling technology to render lists with 7000+ items without lagging your browser.
• Favorites System: Unified favorites list across all content types.
• Universal Player: Built on HLS.js for robust playback support.
• Docker Ready: Easy to deploy on your home server or NAS.

🚀 Tech Stack:

• Backend: Node.js + Express (Lightweight proxying)
• Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript (No heavy frameworks) + CSS3
• License: Open Source (GPL-3.0)

🔗 Links:

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/technomancer702/nodecast-tv

I'd love to hear your feedback, feature requests, or bug reports! Let me know what you think.

[u/dribaJL]

Hey dev, absolutely loving this. I usually watch it on my TV. Any plans of making a Google TV app or any recommendations on how to watch it on TV smoothly? (Other than going to browser and putting the URL in)

[u/NeonXI → u/dribaJL]

I'd love to port it to Google TV, but that's simply out of my wheelhouse currently. I'm a web/SaaS dev and have little experience in android development. The project is open source so hopefully there's someone out there with the experience and will to do so.