Fireshare lets you host your own media library and share individual videos or images with anyone via a unique link — no accounts required for viewers. Built for gamers and self-hosters, it supports public and private feeds, password-protected videos, automatic game organization, and video transcoding for adaptive quality streaming.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/ShaneIsrael/fireshare/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Quickstart
Deploy Fireshare with Docker Compose and start sharing in minutes.
Configuration
Full reference for every environment variable Fireshare supports.
Transcoding
Set up CPU or NVIDIA GPU transcoding for adaptive quality streaming.
Sharing & Privacy
Control public vs. private visibility, password-protect individual videos.
What Fireshare Does
Fireshare scans a folder of video (and image) files you mount into the container, generates thumbnails, and makes each file browsable and shareable. Every video gets a unique watch URL you can share with anyone — they don’t need an account.Video Library
Auto-scanned library with card and list views, sorting, and search.
Uploads
Browser-based uploads for admins and optionally for public users.
Game Organization
Automatic game detection with SteamGridDB cover art and folder rules.
Image Library
Share screenshots and artwork alongside your video clips.
File Manager
Bulk rename, move, delete, and manage privacy from a single view.
Notifications
Discord and generic webhook alerts on new uploads.
Get Running in Three Steps
Copy the Docker Compose file
Grab the sample
docker-compose.yml from the Quickstart and update the volume paths to point at your media directories.Set your credentials and domain
Set
ADMIN_USERNAME, ADMIN_PASSWORD, SECRET_KEY, and DOMAIN in the environment block. The DOMAIN variable is required for shareable link previews to work correctly.Supported Video Formats
Fireshare serves the original file directly to the viewer without re-encoding. The supported containers are MP4 (.mp4), Apple MP4 (.m4v), QuickTime (.mov), and WebM (.webm). Supported codecs include H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, and VP9.