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SyncTV
SyncTV is a Rust implementation of a real-time synchronized video watching platform with media provider integration, livestreaming, HTTP/gRPC APIs, and Kubernetes-ready horizontal scaling.
Highlights
- Synchronized room playback with real-time state updates.
- Media providers for Bilibili, Twitch, YouTube, Douyin, TikTok, Huya, Douyu, AcFun, CCTV, Alist, Cloudreve, Emby/Jellyfin, FNOS, QNAP, Synology, Nextcloud, Seafile, TrueNAS, direct URLs, and livestream sources.
- RTMP push/pull, HLS, and HTTP-FLV livestream support.
- HTTP REST, public gRPC, WebSocket, management gRPC, metrics, RTMP, and STUN runtime surfaces.
- PostgreSQL-backed durable storage with optional Redis shared state, cache, rate limiting, and cluster coordination.
- Docker Compose and Helm deployment templates.
- Built-in management CLI and optional OpenAPI/Swagger UI.
- Astro Starlight documentation site with English and Simplified Chinese content.
Quick Start
Development environment from a full repository checkout:
# Starts PostgreSQL and Redis, then runs SyncTV locally with development settings.
make dev-serve
# Starts SyncTV in the background with the same development settings.
make dev-start
make dev-stop
# Starts optional media/auth/storage dependencies too.
make dev-stack
# Runs real CLI/curl provider smoke tests through the Makefile dev startup path.
make dev-smoke
Production Compose can run from the repository root or from a directory containing docker-compose.yml, .env.postgres.example, .env.redis.example, .env.synctv.example, and scripts/init-compose-env.sh. It requires explicit secrets for PostgreSQL, Redis, and application auth/encryption:
# Requires Docker Compose, openssl, and python3.
./scripts/init-compose-env.sh
# Edit SYNCTV_BOOTSTRAP_ROOT_PASSWORD in .env.synctv before starting.
docker compose config
docker compose up -d
Validate configuration:
cargo +nightly run -p synctv --bin synctv -- config validate
Optional migration preflight. The server also runs embedded SQLx migrations automatically during startup:
cargo +nightly run -p synctv --bin synctv -- db migrate
Start locally:
cargo +nightly run -p synctv --bin synctv -- serve
Documentation
The main documentation site lives in docs/. It contains detailed configuration reference, deployment guides, operations runbooks, CLI reference, development guide, and OpenAPI access instructions.
cd docs
npm install
npm run dev
Build the static docs site:
cd docs
npm run build
If the generated site is deployed below a subpath, set SYNCTV_DOCS_BASE at build time. Set SYNCTV_DOCS_SITE to the public origin used for canonical URLs and sitemaps.
cd docs
SYNCTV_DOCS_SITE=https://example.com SYNCTV_DOCS_BASE=/synctv npm run build
Important entry points:
- Quick Start
- Documentation Map
- Architecture Overview
- Authentication and Security Model
- Administration Runbook
- Rooms, Permissions, and Preferences
- Provider User Guide
- Provider Development Guide
- Client Integration Guide
- How Configuration Works
- Full Configuration Example
- Configuration Index
- Environment Variables
- Runtime Settings Reference
- Docker Compose Deployment
- Helm Deployment
- Production Checklist
- Backup and Restore
- Upgrades and Migrations
- Data, Privacy, and Retention
- Observability Runbook
- Troubleshooting
- CLI Reference
- OpenAPI Access
- gRPC Debugging
- Development Guide
Repository process documents:
Workspace Layout
synctv: application binary and CLI.synctv-core: core business logic, configuration, services, and repositories.synctv-core/testing: reusable integration-test fixtures and service helpers.synctv-api: HTTP/gRPC API layer.synctv-livestream: RTMP/HLS/HTTP-FLV livestream support.synctv-cluster: cluster coordination.synctv-proxy: media proxy and slice cache.synctv-proto: protobuf definitions.synctv-media-providers: provider integration support.synctv-management: management client/control-plane support.synctv-common: shared utilities.synctv-xiu: consolidated livestreaming components.helm/synctv: Kubernetes Helm chart.docs: Astro Starlight documentation site.
License
MIT. See LICENSE.