# BurnFlix

> Your whole media library, ready instantly.

Canonical page: https://pyrosoft.pro/software/burnflix

Status: coming-soon
Platforms: Windows

BurnFlix is a local-first media server that brings movies, TV shows, personal videos, games and apps into one library you can browse from the couch. It opens from a saved snapshot of your library, so you aren't waiting on a full rescan every time, while new files, metadata and artwork are picked up in the background. Scan errors never wipe your library, and removed files are only reconciled after a successful scan. BurnFlix enriches titles with provider metadata, caches covers, backdrops and video thumbnails locally, and gives games and emulators their own section with platform artwork. A Library Health view surfaces missing artwork, metadata gaps and setup issues, and recommendations come from your genres and what you watch most, not AI generation. BurnFlix is in development for Windows and hasn't been released yet.

Price: Price TBA.

## Features

- Opens instantly from a persisted local snapshot of your library
- Background scans that never wipe the library on errors
- Metadata from TMDB, OMDb, TheTVDB, IGDB and more, cached locally
- Movies, TV, personal videos, games and apps in one interface
- Video thumbnails extracted from your own recordings
- Library Health: missing artwork, metadata gaps and setup issues
- Recommendations from your own library, no AI generation

## How to get it

Coming soon. Use the product page and development journal for current status.
- [Project website](<https://burnflix.app/>)

## Recorded details

- Tech: React, Vite and Tailwind; Express on Node.js

## Screenshots

![BurnFlix home screen with media rows and cached artwork](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/11c83f5a46-960.webp)
![BurnFlix Movies page with poster grid](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/2577128c32-960.webp)
![BurnFlix TV Shows page](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/240c8d6cf7-960.webp)
![BurnFlix Files section, shown with a sample library (stock-style thumbnails, generic titles)](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/ec77983a0f-960.webp)
![BurnFlix Games page](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/8cce775ee6-960.webp)
![BurnFlix Library Health page](https://pyrosoft.pro/store-assets/media/fde43da7c1-960.webp)

## Questions

### Can I download BurnFlix yet?

Not yet. BurnFlix is in development, and the release will appear on burnflix.app when it's ready. If you need a media server today, PyroSoft's own guide recommends Jellyfin as the honest free option.

### How is it different from Plex or Jellyfin?

BurnFlix loads the library from local cache first, so browsing never waits on a scan. It also keeps personal videos, games and apps in the same library as movies and shows, with metadata enrichment handled automatically.

### Does it depend on the cloud or a paid tier?

PyroSoft's stated position is one local-first library with metadata enrichment built in, no cloud dependency and no tier that unlocks the real product. Pricing hasn't been announced.

### Does BurnFlix use AI?

Metadata enrichment is built in; AI generation is deliberately not, and recommendations come from your own library.