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Tvheadend

Tvheadend is an open-source personal video recorder (PVR) and live-TV streaming server that captures, records, and serves television over a home network.

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Tvheadend is an open-source personal video recorder (PVR) and live-TV streaming server that captures, records, and serves television over a home network. It accepts digital video broadcasting (DVB), ATSC, ISDB-T, internet protocol television (IPTV), and HDHomeRun sources, and streams live TV, recordings, and time-shifted streams to clients such as VLC, Kodi, and MPlayer. Use it to share tuner or antenna signals and manage electronic program guide (EPG) data across devices.

Platform availability

Available on 4 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

68/100 Good

Maintained
88last commit 33 days ago
Popular
47214 GitHub stars
Easy to install
553 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 16 days ago

GitHub stars
214
Open issues
5
Last commit
2026-09-12
Latest release
5ce3ff63-ls286
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 9 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-tvheadend)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 1 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 16 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Docker installation Use the official Tvheadend Docker documentation to pull the container and configure required volumes and environment settings before startup. source

Fetched 9 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (2)

Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can I migrate from the LinuxServer.tvheadend Docker image to the official Docker image?

Users report that moving from the LinuxServer container to the official Docker installation is straightforward. You can copy your volumes and make only tiny volume adjustments.

What streaming methods can clients use to connect to TVHeadend?

TVHeadend offers HTTP streaming for VLC and MPlayer, HTSP for Kodi and Movian, and SAT>IP streaming.

Can TVHeadend use IPTV as an input source?

Yes, TVHeadend lists IPTV as a supported input source.

Does the forum mention an Android TV client for TVHeadend?

Yes, the forum mentions Headent as an Android and Android TV client for TVHeadend.

Is there a self-hosted tool for monitoring TVHeadend activity and history?

TVHStats is described as an activity monitor and history tracker for TVHeadend.

Answers sourced from github.com, tvheadend.org, www.reddit.com, www.tvheadend.org

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads