Hyper 8 Video System

A static site generator for video

Hyper 8 lets you create video sites, from single videos to playlists to entire video archives. Use the graphical user interface to build and publish your site, or do it all from your text editor and terminal, or both. Hyper 8 generates sites that require no database, no programming, no maintenance, and are compatible with virtually every webhost on this planet.

Latest Release: 0.21.0 – Visit the website for more information.

Documentation

The website is the central information hub:

• Feature overview
• Downloads
• Showcase of sites using Hyper 8
• Links to further resources

The docs cover specific aspects:

• Usage instructions
• Reference
• Examples
• Information on various topics

Hyper 8 is in Beta

Hyper 8 provides a solid, working foundation for video publishing already, just keep in mind that it's not production grade software (yet) and things are still moving around a bit occasionally. Making backups of your Hyper 8 site directory is generally recommended while Hyper 8 is still in beta.

Known issues

A few minor things are incomplete, two worth mentioning are:

• In the editor, after requesting a new video format to be rendered, you'll see the background job progress in the header, but not (yet) on the video page itself
• The --deploy option in the CLI is not fully implemented yet, for now use this from the interactive browser interface only

Development in 2025

Major developments in 2025 are being funded by netidee, a campaign by the austrian Internet Stiftung.

Development in 2023/2024

Development up to the first Beta was funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.

Direct funding

If you'd like to support Hyper 8's ongoing development you can donate to the project at Liberapay and Ko-fi.

License

Hyper 8 is licensed under the AGPL-3.0-or-later.

Documentation is licensed under the CC0-1.0.