Arcadeia

Arcadeia is a server application: it runs on a Linux Docker host or on macOS through Docker Desktop, and you use it from any modern web browser. There are no native desktop or mobile apps, so phones and tablets open the same web interface over the network.

No. The project ships without built-in authentication and is meant for a local or trusted network. The documentation recommends placing it behind a reverse proxy with TLS and restricting access with a firewall or VPN before exposing it to the internet. Read-only modes for the library and settings can prevent editing, but they do not add a login.

Transcription is optional and disabled by default. When enabled in Settings, Arcadeia runs local Whisper models ranging from Tiny to Large in the background and indexes the spoken words so they appear in search results. You can pick the model and spoken language or let it detect the language automatically, and the audio is processed on your own server rather than sent to a cloud service.

Yes. The Network Mounts tab in Settings supports SMB/CIFS and NFS shares: you enter the server, share, and credentials, and Arcadeia mounts the share inside its container. The scanner then indexes the mounted folders like local storage, and removing a mount does not delete files on the remote share. You can also drag files, folders, or URLs into Uploads.

Use an x86_64 or ARM64 machine with at least 4 GB of RAM (8 GB is recommended for large libraries) and 10 GB of free disk space plus room for your media. Docker and Docker Compose 2.24.4 or later are required. The bundled stack publishes ports 80 and 443 through an Apache reverse proxy and runs Solr and the .NET application as separate containers.