Introducing ShowShark

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Introducing ShowShark

ShowShark is the Plex / Jellyfin / Emby alternative for those who appreciate finely crafted, native apps. Built for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Watch and Vision Pro.

ShowShark is the superior media library management and streaming platform. Stream your movies, music and shows while you're home or away.

  • No subscriptions.
  • Fully offline capable.
  • Remote access built in.

Try it for free. Buy it once. Own it for life. That's ShowShark.

  • Download ShowShark Client
    • Find it in the App Store.
    • Requires iOS 18+, macOS 15+, tvOS 18+, visionOS 26+.
  • Download ShowShark Server
    • Find it on our website.
    • Requires macOS Sonoma 14.0 or later.
    • Works on Intel or Apple Silicon.

File bug reports and feature requests on GitHub.
Learn more about ShowShark by viewing the tutorials.
Contact us via email with your questions.

Use of ShowShark assumes your agreement with the End User License Agreement.

ShowShark is what happens when your personal media library finally catches up to your Apple ecosystem. Instead of files sitting stranded on your NAS, ShowShark turns your Mac into a real-time streaming hub for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision Pro. No pre-conversion workflow, no duplicate files, no “wrong format” dead ends. Just open the app and hit play.

It’s built for the way people actually watch and listen now: on-demand playback, resume-from-last-position, remote access, IPTV, YouTube and customized channels that feel like your own private network. You can spin up video channels, music channels, and even synchronized photo channels sourced from filesystem folders or iCloud Photos, complete with a 24-hour channel guide and automatic program progression. Your media stops feeling like raw file storage and starts feeling like your own curated platform.

Under the hood, ShowShark uses a modern streaming architecture with protobuf messaging, hardware-accelerated transcoding/decoding, and a teardown-and-restart playback model that keeps pause, seek, and reconnect behavior reliable under real-world network conditions. In plain terms: fewer sync glitches, faster recovery, and smoother playback when life interrupts your stream.

Most importantly, ShowShark is privacy-first, local-first and works fully offline. Your library stays on your hardware, your network, and your terms, while still delivering a polished, native Apple experience with secure transport, automatic server discovery, and rich metadata browsing. It gives you the control of self-hosting without the usual complexity tax.