What is Cove?
A free, open-source media organizer that runs on your own machine and keeps videos, images, galleries, audio, and text in one searchable library.
FAQ
Common questions
What Cove is, how it works, what kinds of libraries it fits, and how sharing and privacy work.
Getting started
Do I need a cloud account to use it?
No. Cove runs where you install it and never asks you to create an account.
Can Cove organize more than video?
Yes. Images, galleries, audio, and text live in the same library, connected by the same tags, people, and groups.
Do I have to learn everything first?
No. Install it, scan a folder, and start browsing. The deeper features can wait until your library needs them.
Privacy and sharing
Can I share a library with other people?
Yes. Everyone gets their own account, and roles and permissions control what each person can see and do. Share links work for people without accounts.
Is Cove private by default?
Yes. Your media, metadata, previews, and accounts stay on your machine.
Does it work for a household or home server?
Yes. One library can serve several people, each with their own account and their own level of access.
Does Cove phone home?
No. There's no telemetry, and the app doesn't talk to anything outside your network unless you configure it to.
Library fit
Is Cove only for one kind of library?
No. It works for a broad mixed collection just as well as for something specific or sensitive.
Do I have to reorganize my files first?
No. Cove sits on top of your existing folders. Search, tags, and groups work without anything moving on disk.
Does it hold up once the library gets large?
Yes. Search, filters, saved searches, and hardware-accelerated workflows are built with big libraries in mind.
Can I add more to Cove later?
Yes. Extensions can add downloaders, scrapers, themes, pages, and more as your setup grows.
Adult and sensitive libraries
A lot of people find Cove while looking for a private way to manage an adult library, so here are the direct answers.
Can Cove organize adult media libraries?
Yes. Local control, real search, tagging, and private access on your own hardware make it a natural fit.
Does my library stay off other people's servers?
Yes. Everything stays on your own machine or server instead of inside someone else's system.
Can Cove work as a porn organizer?
Yes. It covers the things people want from one: search, tagging, multiple viewing styles, and per-user permissions for shared access on your network.
Is Cove only for adult libraries?
No. Cove organizes any personal media library. Adult use is one case it handles well, not the whole use-case.
Want the feature tour?
See the actual app and how search, browsing, permissions, extensions, and themes work in practice.
Open featuresReady to install it?
Start with the download page, then use the docs for setup, scanning, importing, and sharing.
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