Nightbeam

SFTP Media Streaming

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Nightbeam plays the movies and shows on your own SFTP or WebDAV server - streamed straight to your iPhone and iPad in full quality, with no cloud in the middle and no re-encoding. Point it at your home NAS or personal server and your folders become a real media library. A real library, not a file list • Home, Movies, and TV Shows tabs, built automatically from your folders • Posters, seasons, and episodes - artwork pulled from images already sitting next to your videos • Continue Watching picks up any file exactly where you left off • Recently Added surfaces what landed this week Streaming that just plays • Progressive playback - video starts as the first bytes arrive, not after a full download • Tuned for remote servers: connections stay warm between episodes for fast starts • Resume opens right at your position, with an honest loading indicator that only spins when it's actually waiting on data • Powered by VLC - plays virtually any format, with subtitle and audio-track selection Two kinds of server • SFTP (SSH) and WebDAV/HTTPS, side by side • Browse, search, and sort your folders On the big screen • Background audio, Picture in Picture, and full Now Playing / lock-screen controls • Cast to Chromecast • Play on an external display or AR glasses - keeps going with the device locked Private by design • Your files never touch our servers - Nightbeam talks only to the server you choose • No ads, no tracking, no account Free & Pro Nightbeam is free to use with one server and one library folder, at full streaming quality - no ads, no time limits. Nightbeam Pro unlocks everything as a one-time purchase (no subscription): • Unlimited servers and library folders • Downloads for offline viewing, including whole folders in parallel • Chromecast • External display / AR-glasses output • Auto-play the next episode You'll need your own server Nightbeam is a player. It includes no content and no sample server. Connect it to your own SFTP or WebDAV server (a home NAS, personal server, or similar). --- Personal Server Access Only  Nightbeam is a personal SFTP client for accessing your own servers, NAS devices, and authorized file systems. This app does not provide, host, or facilitate access to any third-party content. Users are solely responsible for ensuring they have proper authorization to access any server they connect to and for complying with all applicable laws regarding the content they access. Nightbeam does not endorse or encourage the downloading of copyrighted material without permission.

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Nightbeam 3.0 is a ground-up rebuild of how your library works. Your library, organised • New Home, Movies, and TV Shows tabs turn your server's folders into a real media library • Continue Watching picks up any file exactly where you left off • Recently Added surfaces what landed on your server this week • Artwork is pulled from poster images already sitting next to your videos Faster, smoother playback • Tap-to-picture is dramatically quicker on remote servers and connections stay warm between episodes instead of being rebuilt every time • Resuming a long file now opens straight at your position instead of seeking after the fact • Smarter buffering with an honest loading indicator WebDAV servers • Add HTTPS/WebDAV servers alongside SFTP, with browsing, downloads, and streaming Bigger screens • Play on an external display or AR glasses (video keeps going with the device locked!) • Cast to Chromecast from the player • Auto-play the next episode Also new • Background audio, Picture in Picture, and full Now Playing controls • Exportable diagnostics for troubleshooting a stubborn server

Version 3.0

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    Information

    Seller
    Nicholas Holmes
    Size
    60.9 MB
    Category
    Entertainment
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 18 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026
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