# 8mb-local

8mb-local is a self-hosted, fire-and-forget video compressor that shrinks a dropped video file to a target size such as 8, 25, or 50 MB using GPU-accelerated AV1, HEVC, or H.264 encoding. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/1004/8mb-local

## Description

8mb.local is a self-hosted, fire-and-forget video compressor that shrinks a dropped video file to a target size such as 8, 25, or 50 MB using GPU-accelerated AV1, HEVC, or H.264 encoding. It gives homelab users a hands-free web interface to cut video file sizes on demand, with automatic hardware acceleration for NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, and Apple GPUs plus a CPU fallback when no accelerator is present.

## Platform availability

Available on 3 of 9 platforms: Unraid, Mac, Windows.

## Desktop and other devices

Mac, Windows.

## Health score

77/100 (Good), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 23 days ago)
- Popular: 59 (918 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 55 (3 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/jms1717/8mblocal/
- desktop: https://github.com/JMS1717/8mb.local/releases/latest
- Official website: https://8mb.campuscal.tech/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/8mb-local-12w7naa0pr12b2?q=8mb-local
- GitHub: https://github.com/JMS1717/8mb.local

## Common questions

### Do I need to manage the encoding settings for every video?

No, it is described as a fire-and-forget compressor. You drop a file, choose a size, and let it run.

### Does it support hardware-accelerated encoding?

Yes, the site describes it as GPU-accelerated video encoding.

### Is the self-hosted version free?

The repository describes 8mb.local as a free local self-hosted video compressor.

### Will compressing a larger video down to 8 MB reduce quality noticeably?

One user reports that the quality loss may be noticeable when compressing a 66 MB video into 8 MB.

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