pinchflat v0.1.0

Apps

Pinchflat — a self-hosted YouTube media manager: subscribe to channels or playlists and it automatically downloads new videos with yt-dlp, organizes them, and can serve podcast-style RSS feeds. Deployed as a host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with config and downloads volumes.

nomad-pack run pinchflat --registry nomploy

…or one line (add registry + run)

curl -fsSL https://packs.nomploy.com/install.sh | sh -s -- pinchflat

Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.

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1 task http 8945 2 volumes image ghcr.io/kieraneglin/pinchflat:latest tracks :latest image bumped today

Variables 12

values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run pinchflat -f values.hcl --registry nomploy

# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "pinchflat"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Pinchflat container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "ghcr.io/kieraneglin/pinchflat:latest"

# Host port for the Pinchflat web UI. The container listens on 8945.
port = 8945

# Container timezone (TZ), e.g. Europe/Bratislava.
tz = "UTC"

# Optional HTTP basic-auth username (BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME). Empty = no auth.
basic_auth_username = ""

# Optional HTTP basic-auth password (BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD). Set together with the username.
basic_auth_password = ""

# Named volume for Pinchflat config (/config): the SQLite database and settings.
config_volume = "pinchflat_config"

# Named volume for downloaded media (/downloads).
downloads_volume = "pinchflat_downloads"

# Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volumes. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []

# Resources for the Pinchflat task.
resources = {
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 512
  }

Name	Type	Default	Description
job_name	string	"pinchflat"	The name of the Nomad job.
namespace	string	"default"	The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters	list	["*"]	The datacenters to deploy to.
image	string	"ghcr.io/kieraneglin/pinchflat:latest"	The Pinchflat container image. Pin a tag in production.
port	number	8945	Host port for the Pinchflat web UI. The container listens on 8945.
tz	string	"UTC"	Container timezone (TZ), e.g. Europe/Bratislava.
basic_auth_username	string	""	Optional HTTP basic-auth username (BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME). Empty = no auth.
basic_auth_password key	string	""	Optional HTTP basic-auth password (BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD). Set together with the username.
config_volume	string	"pinchflat_config"	Named volume for Pinchflat config (/config): the SQLite database and settings.
downloads_volume	string	"pinchflat_downloads"	Named volume for downloaded media (/downloads).
constraints	list	[]	Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volumes. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
resources	object	{ cpu = 500 memory = 512 }	Resources for the Pinchflat task.

Back up this pack

This pack stores data in 2 Docker named volumes: pinchflat_configpinchflat_downloads

restic

# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first:
#   export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>"
#   export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>"
#   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key>  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret>
restic backup \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/pinchflat_config/_data \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/pinchflat_downloads/_data

rclone (sync to S3/R2)

rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/pinchflat_config/_data backup:<bucket>/pinchflat_config
rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/pinchflat_downloads/_data backup:<bucket>/pinchflat_downloads

Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.

Readme

pinchflat

Pinchflat — a self-hosted YouTube media manager. Subscribe to channels or playlists and it automatically downloads new videos with yt-dlp, names and organizes them for your media server, and can expose podcast-style RSS feeds. Set-and-forget archiving, unlike the manual metube pack.

Single host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with config and downloads volumes.

Deploy

nomad-pack registry add nomploy https://github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run pinchflat --registry=nomploy

Configure

Variable	Default	Description
`port`	`8945`	Web UI port (`PORT`).
`tz`	`UTC`	Container timezone (`TZ`).
`basic_auth_username` / `basic_auth_password`	`""`	Optional HTTP basic auth. Empty = no login.
`config_volume`	`pinchflat_config`	`/config` — SQLite DB and settings.
`downloads_volume`	`pinchflat_downloads`	`/downloads` — the media files.
`image`	`ghcr.io/kieraneglin/pinchflat:latest`	Container image. Pin a tag in production.
`resources`	`{ cpu = 500, memory = 512 }`	Task resources.

Add a source (channel/playlist), set download options, and Pinchflat handles the rest on a schedule. Point a media pack (jellyfin, navidrome) at the downloads volume. No auth by default — set the basic-auth vars or keep it internal, and only download content you have the rights to. Pin the job to the node holding the volumes with constraints.