Hyper 8 Video System

A static site generator
for video publishing.

Build and publish video sites, from single videos to large archives.
No database, no programming, no maintenance required.
Compatible with virtually every webhost on this planet.

Latest release: 0.24.0 Download What's new
Available for Windows, macOS, Linux
Screenshot of a minimalistic Hyper 8 video page: In the center a video player with controls, in the top left a breadcrumb navigation, below the video the title and a 'Copy Link' and 'Download' button. strangetextures.com/video

Adapts to your Usecase

Hyper 8 meets many needs, from the public and professional to the personal and private
  • Public events and institutions Publish conference recordings, media libraries, video archives, ...
  • Artists, producers, studios Present your work to your audience, clients or team
  • Personal use Share vlogs or personal videos with friends and family
Kristoffer Lislegaard's video page kristofferlislegaard.com/video

Hybrid Editing Model

Create sites using the built-in graphical user interface, your own text editor and tools, or both.
  • Built-in graphical editor Comfortable and beginner friendly
  • File-based editing Custom workflows with any tool(s) of your choice
  • Versatile structure A video, a playlist, or a collection containing any number of videos, playlists and subcollections.
  • Portable building blocks Videos, playlists and collections can be rearranged within a site, or even moved to another one
Parts of the editor's splash screen and some form field in the editor

Visually Adaptive

Hyper 8's design adjusts on many levels.
  • Responsive Functional on desktop, tablet and mobile
  • Adaptive brightness Dark/light color scheme, fixed or adapting to a visitor's system.
  • From wide cinema to mobile shorts Customizable aspect ratio (cinematic/portrait/...) for video content on your site
Mobile version of the dérive video archive video.derive.at

Browse & Search

Hyper 8 sites come with a fast, easily accessible navigation system
  • Browse Directly jump to any collection or playlist
  • Search Zero-delay, client-side search
PohoFusion's video page durad.xyz/projects/pohofusion/videos

And more

  • RSS & Atom feeds Allows visitors to subscribe to your updates
  • Platform integration (opt-in) Link previews and content embeds in timelines (e.g. Fediverse)
  • Embeds Allow your videos to be featured in articles and posts
  • Subtitles Allows integrating subtitles in multiple languages
  • Unlisted content Share videos and playlists with peers by flagging them as unlisted
  • Audio-only streaming Allow viewers to stream just the audio if desired
  • Built-in deployment Deploy using FTP (and soon SFTP) directly from the graphical editor
Closeup of the contextual playlist sidebar

Watch the LGM talk

An introduction to Hyper 8, presented at the 2025 Libre Graphics Meeting in Nürnberg
Watch Hyper 8 @ LGM 2025
Simon Repp's video site simonrepp.com/video

Resource-Conscious

Hyper 8 provides tooling and design choices to make video streaming and publishing faster and more sustainable.
Resolution selector providing the choices 1080p (278MB), 720p (135MB) and 480p (81MB) video.derive.at

Localizable

Hyper 8 ships with two languages already, and you will soon be able to contribute your own!
German version of the shortcuts help window in Hyper 8 simonrepp.com/video

Free & Non-Profit

Hyper 8 is developed for the public benefit and licensed as free software under AGPLv3+. Donations support further work and are much appreciated.
Donate on liberapay.com Donate on ko-fi.com Repository on codeberg.org
Repository screenshot codeberg.org/simonrepp/hyper8

Development 2025

Major developments in 2025 are being funded by netidee, a campaign by the austrian Internet Foundation).
Project website (german)

Development 2024

Development up to the first beta version was funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.

Sites Using Hyper 8

These are the first live sites out there using the Hyper 8 Video System. If you're using Hyper 8 too I'd love to showcase your site here! Do let me know on the fediverse or in this issue.

arnauld.org/videos christianpacaud.com/video contemplatorband.com/video durad.xyz/projects/pohofusion/videos kristinsson.dk/videos kristofferlislegaard.com/video madskjeldgaard.dk/othereyes music.menzo.video simonrepp.com/video strangetextures.com/video video.derive.at video.key13.uk video.lminiero.it videos.nham.co.uk Wolfgang Dorninger's video archive(s)

The Hyper 8 Video System cherishes independence (self-publishing without corporate intermediaries), accessibility (tools that are easily usable by everyone) and sustainability (publishing with minimal operational and ecological resource overhead)