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Your personal media server.Fast. Stable. Beautiful.
4Barrel is built in Rust for speed and stability, with native clients for desktop, web and your TV. Run it on Windows, Linux or macOS and stream your collection anywhere.
Four barrels. One library.
Everywhere you listen and watch
01
Server
A Rust core for speed and stability. Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.
02
Desktop
A native C++ client for Windows, Linux and macOS.
03
Web
Open any browser and your whole library is there, no install needed.
04
TV
A full-screen TV view made for the couch, with simple remote-control navigation.
The official mobile companion
4Barrel + Whiskey River
Whiskey River is the official mobile app for 4Barrel, built to work with it from day one. Connect to your server from Android or iPhone and your whole library goes wherever you do.
See it in action
Music, movies, shows and live concerts in one library
Real screens from the 4Barrel desktop client, browsing a shared MOTHERSHIP library.
Movies
Now Playing · Signal path
TV Shows
Live music
Every show you own, kept like an archive
Browse a band by year, jump to what happened on this day, and open any night as a ticket stub with its full setlist.
A timeline for every band
372 Grateful Dead shows across 1966 to 1995, laid out by year with the rooms and cities they played. Open any night for its liner notes: the ticket stub, date and full setlist.
Movie pages with character
Synopsis, ratings, collections and file details on a ticket-stub card.
The story behind the music
Artist biography, track details and upcoming tour dates, right inside Now Playing.
A sleeve you can hold
Flip the album over for the tracklist, in a 3D sleeve view.
Look closer
Every detail, considered
Zoomed in on the parts of 4Barrel you only notice once you use it.
Shows, up close
Backdrops, seasons and episode lists for every series.
Movies with personality
Full-bleed backdrops with synopsis and file details.
Hear what the file really is
A built-in quality check reports bit depth, frequency reach and clipping while the track plays.
Follow the signal
From the FLAC file through decoding and volume to the output device, every stage is visible.
Your albums, front and center
Browse by cover art, with new additions always in view.
Little touches
Even the file details get a ticket stub.
Coming from Plex, Roon or Kodi?
Built for people who care how it runs
Fast by design
The server is written in Rust, so scanning, indexing and streaming stay quick as your library grows.
Stable first
Server and clients are separate, so a client update never has to take your library offline.
Clients that feel native
A real desktop client, a web UI, and TV apps, each built for the screen it lives on.
Pricing
Pay once. Own it.
No subscription. Join the beta for free, buy 4Barrel once, and pay again only for major updates.
Beta Tester
Free during beta
Early access to server and clients
Help shape the roadmap
[BETA PERK]
One-time
Best value
$79.99 one time
Everything in the server and all clients
Pay once, no subscription
Yours to keep and run on your own hardware
Upgrade
$29.99 upgrade
Everything in the server and all clients
For major updates only
Minor updates are always included, at no charge