BitBonsai
Prune your media library. Keep the quality.
BitBonsai is a self-hosted, multi-node video encoding platform that automatically re-encodes your media library to HEVC or AV1, cutting storage by 40 to 60 percent. Built for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby homelabs, with hardware acceleration and automatic node discovery.
Self-hostedDockerPublic beta
Features
HEVC / AV1 re-encoding
Automatic conversion cuts libraries by 40 to 60 percent.
Distributed encoding
Multiple nodes find each other over mDNS, no config.
Hardware accelerated
NVENC, QuickSync, and AMF supported out of the box.
Jellyfin integration
Quality-checked results your server picks up seamlessly.
One container to start
docker run and you're encoding. Free plan free forever.
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