Private by default
Your media, previews, metadata, and accounts stay on the machine you choose. Nothing goes anywhere unless you turn on an outside service yourself.
Local media organizer
Why keep your media library local?
Because it's yours. Cove gives a folder of files the things you'd expect from a streaming app, like search, tags, history, and good browsing, without moving anything off your own hardware.
More than filenames
Search by people, tags, groups, studios, and titles instead of relying on folder names and memory.
Made for everyday use
Browse in a grid, feed, or vertical page, keep watch history and save-for-later lists, and share with the people on your network.
Keep more in one place
One organizer for the media you already have
Cove isn't only for video. Videos, images, galleries, audio, and text live in one library, connected by people, tags, groups, studios, and your own notes, which makes the whole thing easier to search and easier to understand.
- Different kinds of media in one local library.
- Related items stay connected instead of scattered across apps.
- The details that help you find things later actually get kept.
When folders stop being enough
Built for the point where the library gets big
Folder organization works until it doesn't. Once a library is large, shared, or hard to search, Cove's global search, saved filters, tagging, groups, and segments are what keep it usable.
- Jump to matching videos, people, tags, and groups from global search.
- Save the searches you come back to.
- Give each person their own account instead of sharing one login.
Common questions
What is a local media organizer?
Software that keeps a media library on your own hardware and lets you search, browse, tag, and share it on your own terms.
Can Cove organize more than video?
Yes. One Cove library can hold videos, images, galleries, audio, and text together.
Do I need a cloud account?
No. Cove runs locally and never asks you to create an account with anyone.
Can I share a library?
Yes. Users, roles, permissions, and share links let you share within your network safely.
See how Cove works
Browse the feature tour to see search, tagging, feed browsing, permissions, and extensions in the actual app.
Open the feature tourReady to install it?
Start with the download page, then follow Get Started through first-run setup, your first scan, and a short library tour.
Go to downloadWant more direct answers?
Read the FAQ for straightforward answers about privacy, sharing, library fit, and more specific use cases.
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