Nightbeam
SFTP Media Streaming
$2.99 · Designed for iPad
Stream your personal media library from anywhere. Nightbeam connects directly to your SFTP server, letting you browse, organise, and watch your video collection on iPhone and iPad.
STREAM FROM YOUR SERVER
Connect to any SFTP-enabled server — Linux boxes, Synology, QNAP, or cloud VPS. Your media stays yours, accessed directly with no middleman.
ORGANISE YOUR LIBRARY
Mark folders as Movies or TV Shows with a long-press. Nightbeam remembers your preferences and presents your content beautifully organized.
POWERFUL PLAYBACK
• Stream videos in their original quality
• Multiple audio track support
• Subtitle support (embedded & external)
• Picture-in-Picture mode
DOWNLOAD FOR OFFLINE
High-speed parallel downloads let you save videos to your device. Watch on planes, commutes, or anywhere without a connection.
BUILT FOR PRIVACY
Your credentials are stored securely in the system keychain and never leave your device. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics — just your media, your way.
Perfect for cord-cutters, home server enthusiasts, and anyone who wants a clean, powerful way to access their remote media library.
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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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The developer, Nicholas Holmes, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Nicholas Holmes
- Size
- 57.4 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+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026
