# Nightbeam

> SFTP Media Streaming

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757741783](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757741783)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6757741783`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nicholas Holmes
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Version:** 3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2026-01-20
- **Size:** 58 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nightbeam/id6757741783)
- **Website:** [https://darkredapps.com](https://darkredapps.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://darkredapps.com/nightbeam-privacy-policy/](https://darkredapps.com/nightbeam-privacy-policy/)

## Description

Nightbeam plays the movies and shows on your own SFTP or WebDAV server - streamed straight to your iPhone and iPad in full quality, with no cloud in the middle and no re-encoding. Point it at your home NAS or personal server and your folders become a real media library.

A real library, not a file list
• Home, Movies, and TV Shows tabs, built automatically from your folders
• Posters, seasons, and episodes - artwork pulled from images already sitting next to your videos
• Continue Watching picks up any file exactly where you left off
• Recently Added surfaces what landed this week

Streaming that just plays
• Progressive playback - video starts as the first bytes arrive, not after a full download
• Tuned for remote servers: connections stay warm between episodes for fast starts
• Resume opens right at your position, with an honest loading indicator that only spins when it's actually waiting on data
• Powered by VLC - plays virtually any format, with subtitle and audio-track selection

Two kinds of server
• SFTP (SSH) and WebDAV/HTTPS, side by side
• Browse, search, and sort your folders

On the big screen
• Background audio, Picture in Picture, and full Now Playing / lock-screen controls
• Cast to Chromecast
• Play on an external display or AR glasses - keeps going with the device locked

Private by design
• Your files never touch our servers - Nightbeam talks only to the server you choose
• No ads, no tracking, no account

Free & Pro
Nightbeam is free to use with one server and one library folder, at full streaming quality - no ads, no time limits.

Nightbeam Pro unlocks everything as a one-time purchase (no subscription):
• Unlimited servers and library folders
• Downloads for offline viewing, including whole folders in parallel
• Chromecast
• External display / AR-glasses output
• Auto-play the next episode

You'll need your own server
Nightbeam is a player. It includes no content and no sample server. Connect it to your own SFTP or WebDAV server (a home NAS, personal server, or similar).

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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.

## Rankings

- #1,133,164 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757741783)