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.
Available for Windows, macOS, Linux
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
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 From a single video to any number of videos, playlists and nested collections
- Portable building blocks Videos, playlists and collections can be moved within and across sites
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
Browse & Search
A fast, easily accessible navigation system
- Browse Directly jump to any collection, playlist or video
- Search Zero-delay, client-side search
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 and interactive transcripts 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
Watch the LGM talk
An introduction to Hyper 8, presented at the 2025 Libre Graphics Meeting in Nürnberg
Watch Hyper 8 @ LGM 2025Resource-Conscious
Hyper 8 provides tooling and design choices to make video streaming and publishing faster and more sustainable.
Localizable
Hyper 8 ships with two languages already, and you will soon be able to contribute your own!
Development 2024
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)