Krida
watch movies and shows with friends, in sync
krida is a streaming app built around watching together. a party keeps everyone's play, pause and seek in sync, waits for whoever is buffering, and has a shared queue and chat. it's on the web today. next it goes cross-platform, with plugins and a way to publish your own stuff.
what it does
watch parties that stay in sync
play, pause and seek land for everyone. the party waits for whoever is buffering, with a shared queue, chat, reactions and a soundboard.
picks from your taste
recommendations come from what you watch and rate, and every title shows IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd scores.
a player that gets out of the way
skip the intro, recap and credits, see what's up next, and switch episodes without leaving the player.
inside the app
why I built it
I wanted one place for a friend and me to pick something and actually watch it together, without counting down "3, 2, 1, play" over a call.
most of the time goes to the player, so most of the effort did too. next is the bigger version, on par with Nuvio but with party sync built in, apps on every platform, and plugins.
built with
- ReactReact 19 with Vite keeps it quick to load and quick to work on.
- Convexrooms, chat and playback state sync live without a server of my own.
- hhls.jsadaptive streaming in the browser, with the player under my control.
- Tailwind CSSfast to style, with the tokens in one place.
- TMDBtitles, art and episodes, with ratings from MDBList on top.
how it works
one clock for the room
the party keeps a single playback state on the server. each player follows it, and nobody resumes until everyone has buffered.
one title, one id
movies and shows from different sources are matched to one id, so history, ratings and the queue agree about what you watched.