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.

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  • Automatic HEVC / AV1 re-encoding, 40 to 60 percent smaller libraries
  • Distributed encoding across multiple nodes with mDNS auto-discovery
  • Hardware acceleration: NVENC, QuickSync, AMF
  • Jellyfin integration, quality-checked results
  • One Docker container to start, free plan free forever
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