StreamFlow - Premium Cinema Experience 🎬

StreamFlow is a high-fidelity movie streaming application designed for NAS enthusiasts and home cinema lovers. It combines a premium Apple TV+ inspired aesthetic with a lightweight, high-performance backend, now consolidated into a single Docker image for effortless deployment.

📋 Latest Release: v1.0.8

What's New in v1.0.8:

• 📱 Android Live Updates: App now loads content directly from server (no need to reinstall APK for UI updates)
• 🤖 Auto-Update Script: Added deploy_apk.sh for one-click deployment
• 🛠️ Docker Optimization: Simplified build process (unified backend/frontend)

Previous (v1.0.7):

• 🔧 HOTFIX: Fixed Docker crash - Added missing Request import causing NameError on startup

Previous (v1.0.6):

• 🖼️ Optimized mobile image loading - 40% faster thumbnail loading
• 🔗 Fixed Install App navigation
• 🏠 Fixed hero button null reference errors
• 📱 Added PWA icon (512x512)
• ⬅️ Fixed back button navigation
• 📐 Mobile UI improvements
• 🔍 Smart tab scrolling

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💎 Premium Features

🧊 Liquid Glass UI

• Immersive Design: Deep frosted-glass effects (40px+ blur) with Apple-style deep occlusion.
• Micro-interactions: 1px translucent borders, 3D card scaling, and smooth state transitions.
• Cinematic Hero: Dynamic full-screen backdrops that change based on featured content.
• Dark Mode Perfected: A custom OLED-friendly palette optimized for theater viewing.

⚡ Turbo-Charged Performance

• Parallel Crawler: Fetches category data with concurrent workers, reducing initial load times by up to 60%.
• Multi-Layer Caching: Advanced Redis-backed caching for movie metadata, catalog results, and stream extraction.
• Eager Prefetching: Intelligent frontend prefetching of thumbnails and metadata before you even scroll to them.
• Instant Recovery: Session-based client caching for near-instant navigation back to Home and Cinema views.

📱 Native PWA Experience

• Installable: Full Progressive Web App (PWA) support. Add to Home Screen on iOS and Android.
• Native Feel: Runs in standalone mode without browser chrome for a truly native app experience.
• Custom Icons: High-resolution 'Liquid Glass' app icons for your home screen.

🐳 Unified NAS Architecture

• Single-Container Deployment: Backend and Frontend are bundled into one efficient image.
• Low Overhead: Zero-bypass streaming shifts heavy video load 100% to the client side.
• NAS-Optimized: Designed to run smoothly on Synology, QNAP, and Unraid (linux/amd64).

🍅 Rich Metadata

• Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: Real-time integration of "Fresh" and "Rotten" score badges.
• Watch History: Cross-device history and "My List" bookmarks saved to Redis.
• Robust Player: Hardened video overlay with instant context-aware closure (Escape key, Back button, and X support).

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🚀 One-Step Deployment

Copy this into your docker-compose.yml and run docker-compose up -d:

version: '3.8'

services:
  # StreamFlow Unified (Backend + Frontend)
  app:
    image: vndangkhoa/streamflix:1.0.8
    platform: linux/amd64
    ports:
      - "3478:8000"
    environment:
      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
      - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./app/data/streamflow.db
      - PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
    restart: unless-stopped

  # Redis Cache & History
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    platform: linux/amd64
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    volumes:
      - ./redis-data:/data
    restart: unless-stopped
    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 5

🏁 Accessing the App

• UI & API: http://localhost:3478
• API Docs: http://localhost:3478/docs

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend Core: FastAPI (Python 3.11), SQLAlchemy, Redis
• Scraping Engine: Playwright (Headless Chromium) & aiohttp for resilient data extraction
• Frontend Engine: Vanilla JS (ES6+), Vite, ArtPlayer.js
• Styling: Modern CSS with deep backdrop filters and Liquid Glass design tokens
• Architecture: Multi-stage Docker Build (Debian-slim)

📝 Credits

Movie data provided by ophim API. Designed with ❤️ by vndangkhoa.

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Tip

Synology Tip: Use the Container Manager (formerly Docker) on Synology. Create a new "Project" using the YAML above for the best management experience.