Cove Content Organization for Virtual Entertainment
Content Organization for Virtual Entertainment

Cove

A serious local media organizer that feels approachable on day one and much deeper once your library grows past a simple catalog.

Local library, no account required Videos, images, galleries, audio, and text Real search, watch later, history, and continue watching Downloaders, scrapers, and extensions
Download Cove Read user docs Explore features Why a local media organizer?
Performer occurrence tagging Dynamic groups and compilations Users, roles, and share links
Cove videos page using the default theme. Default
Cove videos page using the dark midnight theme. Dark Midnight
Cove videos page using the dark emerald theme. Dark Emerald
Cove videos page using the dark rose theme. Dark Rose
Cove videos page using the copper noir theme. Copper Noir
Cove videos page using the golden hour theme. Golden Hour
Cove videos page using the signal dark theme. Signal Dark
Cove videos page using the liquid glass theme. Liquid Glass
Cove videos page using the sunset gradient theme. Sunset Gradient
Cove videos page using the cyberpunk theme. Cyberpunk
Cove videos page using the deep space theme. Deep Space
Cove videos page using the synthwave theme. Synthwave
Cove videos page using the ember theme. Ember
Cove videos page using the cinema dark theme. Cinema Dark
Cove videos page using the dark ocean theme. Dark Ocean
Cove videos page using the rainbow theme. Rainbow
20 Built-in Beautiful Themes.

Approachable on day one, deep when you need it

Point Cove at a folder and start browsing in minutes. The depth is there when your library grows.

Install Cove, scan your media, and you immediately have search, tags, groups, filters, and generated previews. As your library gets larger, more shared, or more detailed, the rest is already waiting: contextual tagging, sub-videos and segments, dynamic groups and compilations, more media types, multiple accounts with their own permissions, and a deep extension system. You never have to decide up front how serious you are about it.

Start with the install guide See everything Cove can do See what Cove replaces

Organize with more detail

More than titles, more than whole-scene tags

Organize across videos, images, galleries, audio, text, performers, studios, groups, and faces. Then go deeper with performer occurrence tagging, tag groups, sub-videos, and segments that can carry timing, tags, faces, performers, and more.

  • Track who appears when, not only who appears somewhere.
  • Build compilations and sub-videos without duplicating the original files.
  • Use dynamic groups when the library should organize itself around rules and activity.
Cove video detail page with playback timeline and metadata.
Video details, tags, people, and exact moments in one place.
Cove videos page in feed view.
Browse in a grid, a feed, or a vertical page depending on how you want to explore.

Browse the way you actually browse

Not every page should feel like a spreadsheet

Cove gives you traditional library pages when you want to sort and clean up, then feed and vertical-style pages when you want a more social media-like way to move through content. Watch later, watch history, and continue watching keep the things you care about easy to get back to.

  • Switch between grid, list, wall, tagger, feed, and vertical-style pages.
  • Keep scrolling through your library without clicking through page after page.
  • Use watch later, history, and continue watching without leaving Cove.

Find it fast

Search should understand the library, not just filenames

Cove helps you find things by title, tag, performer, studio, path, group, and more. Start with a quick search, then narrow it down with filters when you want something more specific.

  • Search videos, images, galleries, audio, and text from one place.
  • Save searches you use often so you can return to them later.
  • Use global search when you know what you want but not where it lives.
Cove global search with results for a library query.
Global search helps you jump straight to videos, tags, performers, groups, and other library records.

Share one library safely within your network

Use users, groups, roles, permissions, content rules, share links, and API tokens instead of a single shared account when other people on your network need access.

Security docs

Bring in new media without leaving the app

Downloaders and metadata tools can help bring in content, identify it, add details, and show where those details came from.

Metadata and downloader docs

Extend the app deeply

Add downloaders, scrapers, pages, jobs, settings, APIs, themes, and other host-aware behavior through the extension system.

Developer docs
Cove role permission editor showing detailed permission controls.
Role editing exposes real permission controls instead of treating every account as all-or-nothing.

Private by default, shared on purpose

Your library stays local until you decide otherwise

Cove runs where you install it. Your metadata, generated media, accounts, and library structure stay on hardware you control. When you do need to share within your network, you can do it deliberately with scoped permissions and share links instead of trusting a single all-access login.

  • No telemetry from the app.
  • No forced cloud account between you and your own library.
  • Useful for solo use, households, or small shared collections on your network.

Ready to run Cove?

Start with the all-in-one Docker install, a native build, or the source setup if you want to help develop Cove.

Download Cove

Want the details first?

Read the user docs for installation, search, metadata, and permissions, or the developer docs for local setup, scrapers, downloaders, and extensions.

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