gighive
GigHive Music and Video Library Setup
GigHive is an open-source deployment for hosting your own media library, a band’s library or fan videos, or even videos uploaded by guests from events like a wedding. There are two pieces to Gighive:
- A pre-built web-accessible media library waiting to be populated, fast Apache and TUS streams and MySQL database instances. It includes a few audio and video clips donated from one of our other users as a sample.
- Companion iPhone app for fans and wedding guests to upload content (web-based upload also built-in).
The automation spins up a fully reproducible environment using Docker. It has a very simple interface: a splash page, a single database of stored videos and an upload utility.
This project is designed to be portable, easy to deploy, and suitable for local development.
Components
| Component | Requirement / Notes |
|---|---|
| CPU/OS | Linux x86-64 host |
| Docker | Engine ≥ 24.x |
| Compose | v2 plugin (docker compose version) |
| Networking | Outbound access to download the GigHive bundle and required container images |
| Ports | Local ability to expose 443 for the web app |
| Resources | ≥ 4 vCPU, 6–8 GB RAM, 30+ GB free disk, depending on library size |
| Browser | A modern browser for initial access and validation |
More detailed listing here.
Architecture (logical)
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Suggested Platforms
- Gighive runs very efficiently on an Orange Pi 5 or GMKtech mini PC. Stuff a few NVMe’s in either and you’ll have plenty of storage for your videos. We’ve tested on both of them.
- Note that both cpu architectures are supported: amd64, arm64
Secrets and Default Passwords
Secrets must be changed before any Internet-exposed or production deployment. You will see a step in the install for this.
Setup
Quickstart (one-shot bundle)
License
GigHive is dual-licensed:
Licenses: Covers both the AGPL v3 license and the commercial license model.
🤝 Contributing
Contributions welcome! Please open issues and pull requests.
👉 Contact us for commercial licensing or for any other questions regarding Gighive. 