Mediatheca

Mediatheca — your personal media library for tracking movies, series, games, and books.

Development

npm install        # install dependencies
npm start          # run server + client (dev mode)
npm run build      # production client build
npm test           # run tests

Deployment

Mediatheca runs as a Docker container managed by Dockge.

Build & export the image

npm run deploy

This builds the Docker image and saves it to mediatheca.tar.

Transfer & load on the server

# Copy the image to your server
scp mediatheca.tar your-server:/tmp/

# SSH into the server and load it
ssh your-server
docker load < /tmp/mediatheca.tar

docker load imports the image into Docker's internal image store — the tar file location doesn't matter and can be deleted afterwards.

Restart the stack

In Dockge, open the mediatheca stack and click Restart. Docker detects that the mediatheca:latest image has changed and recreates the container.

Or via CLI:

cd /opt/stacks/mediatheca
docker compose up -d

Your data volume is preserved across updates, so the database and Tailscale state are safe.