Longwire

io.github.longwiremediaPublished by GitHub account longwiremediav0.9.8Updated Oct 24, 2026

Your private media library and records, with receipts: search, recordings, and a verifiable ledger.

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Identifier: io.github.longwiremedia/longwire
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Desktop only
Trust: Verified
Published: Sep 16, 2026

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Overview

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Connects an assistant to a self-hosted Longwire media server to search a private library of recordings, films, music and photos and consult its ledger.

What you can do: Search and browse a private media library of recorded TV, radio, films, music and photos
Look up recordings and other items held on the Longwire server
Consult the verifiable ledger that accompanies the library
Work against a Longwire instance addressed by the LONGWIRE_URL setting
When to use it: Useful when you already run a Longwire media server at home and want an assistant to find items in that library or check its records, rather than for general web media search.
Requirements: A local Longwire server reachable on the network, with its address supplied in the LONGWIRE_URL environment variable (for example a host and port on the local network). The MCP server itself runs as a local desktop process over stdio; no account or API key is declared.

Before you install

The server points at a private home media library, so anything the assistant reads may be personal recordings and photos; keep the LONGWIRE_URL address on a trusted network. The manifest lists no tools, so what the assistant can actually do should be confirmed before relying on it.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open Longwire in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

Longwire — downloads

Longwire is a whole-home media server from Future Maven: free over-the-air television recorded from an HDHomeRun tuner, radio through an RTL-SDR dongle, your own films, music and photos on every screen in the house, recordings published to every TV over DLNA, guests on their phones from a QR code. It runs as a service on a Windows PC, a Linux box or a Raspberry Pi and is used from a browser.

This repository holds the releases only. Take the newest one from the Releases page:

You have	Take
Windows 10 or 11	`Longwire-Setup-<version>.exe` — the installer (service, firewall rule, Start menu). `Longwire-Portable.zip` runs from a folder without installing.
Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Zorin, Raspberry Pi OS	`longwire_<version>_amd64.deb`, or `_arm64.deb` on a Raspberry Pi or ARM box: `sudo apt install ./longwire_<version>_amd64.deb`
Any other Linux with systemd	`curl -fsSL https://github.com/longwiremedia/releases/releases/latest/download/install.sh \| sudo bash`, or the `Longwire-linux-*.tar.xz` by hand
Docker	`docker run -d --name longwire -p 8420:8420 -v longwire-data:/data ghcr.io/trorie/longwire`

Then open http://<that machine>:8420 from any device on your network. The user guide is inside the app at /help.

The app checks this page once a day and shows a badge when a newer version is here; nothing downloads or installs by itself.

Problems and questions: open an issue.

Source: README.md at commit 164c14b

Tools

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Version history

v0.9.8LatestSep 16, 2026

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