reelnest
Your own ReelNest server

Your library.
Your hardware.
Your server.

ReelNest turns a computer or NAS you already own into a private media server—then turns all those folders into one beautiful library for your TV, phone, computer, and family.

Free to use throughout your home network.
Your filesComputer • NAS • drives
Your ReelNest serverFinds • organizes • streams
TVPhoneComputer
One private library, moving through your home
What is a ReelNest server?

It is the private center of your library.

ReelNest runs on hardware you control. It reads the folders you choose, understands the media inside them, and sends the right thing to the right screen when you press play. Your files stay on your hardware unless you choose to add cloud backup.

Your hardware holds the files

Use a computer, NAS, or drives you already own. You decide where the original library lives.

ReelNest builds the library

It recognizes, matches, organizes, and prepares your media instead of leaving you with raw filenames.

Your apps ask the server to play it

Open the same library from approved ReelNest apps on your home network.

From folders to ReelNest

Keep the files. Lose the mess.

ReelNest does not replace the media you own. It gives it the library it always deserved.

BeforeFolders, filenames, and loose media
A packed Finder window containing movie files
ReelNest recognizes and organizes it
AfterArtwork, details, collections, and playback
The same media organized as a ReelNest film library
1Install ReelNest

Choose a computer, NAS, or other supported hardware that can stay with your library.

2Point it to your folders

Show ReelNest where your movies, photos, music, books, and documents already live.

3Let ReelNest organize it

ReelNest recognizes what you own, adds useful details, and builds one visual library.

4Open it on your screens

Use the ReelNest apps on your TV, phone, computer, and browser throughout your home.

More than streaming

Everything your family owns, made easier to enjoy.

Movies and home video

Turn video files into beautiful shelves with artwork, descriptions, cast, playback progress, and collections.

Audiobooks and books

Keep covers, chapters, listening progress, editions, and the books you already own together.

Private photo organization

Organize people, places, dates, and moments with machine learning designed to stay with your ReelNest.

Music that feels like a library

Browse artists, albums, songs, artwork, and playlists without living inside a folder tree.

Tools for media you own

Bring in DVDs, MKV files, Audible books, and other formats, then prepare them for the screens you use.

A private space for each person

Give family members their own profile, progress, photos, and permissions inside the same Nest.

Private by design

Your home library does not need to live on our servers.

At home, your devices connect to the ReelNest server on your own network. ReelNest does not upload your personal media to us unless you separately choose ReelNest Cloud.

Start free. Add only what you want.

Your server is free at home.

Remote access and premium tools are optional. They never take away the free server running on your network.

ReelNest Home

Free

  • Your private server
  • Every screen on your home network
  • Organized movies, photos, music, books, and files
Nest Go

$2.99/month

  • Everything in ReelNest Home
  • One person securely connects away from home
  • One personal remote stream
Nest Plus

$9.99/month

  • Everything in Nest Go
  • Organizer plus five approved members
  • Four remote streams and offline downloads
  • Hardware-accelerated playback and premium tools
Do not want to run hardware at home?

ReelNest can host the complete server and storage for you, starting with 2 TB.

See hosted ReelNest
Launching November 1, 2026

Turn the library you own into a Nest your family can enjoy.

Start free