Share your game library online with self-hosted Playnite-Web.
Playnite-Web consists of several components packaged as Docker images that work together.
All components are required.
| Component | Deployment Mechanism | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| MQTT broker | Docker image / bring your own | Provides a communication mechanism between Playnite and Playnite-Web. |
| Playnite-Web Plugin | Extension installed into Playnite | The plugin sends and receives messages via MQTT when data in Playnite is changed. |
| game-db-updater | Docker image | Receives MQTT messages from plugin and updates game data in database. |
| database | Docker image / bring your own | Mongo DB database that stores game data in games database. |
| Playnite-Web App | Docker image | Web application and UI to browse and view game library. Can be exposed to Internet to share with friends. |
Recommended to use docker image eclipse-mosquitto. Things to note when deploying:
- IP/hostname used to access the broker
- Port
- Username (only if configured to disable anonymous access)
- Password (only if configured to disable anonymous access)
Recommended to use docker image mongo:focal. Things to note when deploying:
- Use/mount a persistent volume. See mongodb image documentation for more details.
- IP/hostname used to access the database
- Port
- Username (only if configured to disable anonymous access)
- Password (only if configured to disable anonymous access)
- Download (latest) version release of Playnite extension (release asset named "PlayniteWeb_ec3439e3-51ee-43cb-9a8a-5d82cf45edac_0_1.pext").
- Open Playnite and drag downloaded file into the Playnite. It should prompt to install the plugin.
- Open the plugin's settings and enter the MQTT connection information to your MQTT broker.
- Open the plugin's settings and enter the a device ID and device name under Topics.
Use the docker packaged image from the repo. Ensure you are using the same release version as the Plugin (above). Example image: ghcr.io/andrew-codes/playnite-web-game-db-updater:1.0.0
| Environment Variable | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MQTT_HOST | IP address/hostname of MQTT broker. | |
| MQTT_PORT | Port of MQTT broker | Default for MQTT image is 1883 |
| MQTT_USERNAME | Username to access MQTT broker | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| MQTT_PASSWORD | Password to access MQTT broker | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| DB_HOST | IP address/hostname of Mongo DB database | |
| DB_PORT | Port of Mongo DB database | Default for MongoDB image is 27017 |
| DB_USERNAME | Username to access database | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| DB_PASSWORD | Password to access database | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| DB_URL | MongoDB connection URL | Optional, alternative to individual DB connection options |
| DEBUG | "game-db-updater/*" |
Optional, for troubleshooting; send logs to STDIO |
Use the docker packaged image from the repo. Ensure you are using the same release version as the Plugin (above). Example image: ghcr.io/andrew-codes/playnite-web-app:1.0.0
| Environment Variable | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PORT | Defaults to 3000 | Port in which web application is accessible. |
| DB_HOST | IP address/hostname of Mongo DB database | |
| DB_PORT | Port of Mongo DB database | Default for MongoDB image is 27017 |
| DB_USERNAME | Username to access database | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| DB_PASSWORD | Password to access database | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| DB_URL | MongoDB connection URL | Optional, alternative to individual DB connection options |
| DEBUG | "playnite-web/*" |
Optional, for troubleshooting; send logs to STDIO |
| USERNAME | Username used to login | |
| PASSWORD | Password value used to login | |
| SECRET | Secret used to protect credentials | |
| MQTT_HOST | IP address/hostname of MQTT broker. | |
| MQTT_PORT | Port of MQTT broker | Default for MQTT image is 1883 |
| MQTT_USERNAME | Username to access MQTT broker | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
| MQTT_PASSWORD | Password to access MQTT broker | Optional, only required if disabled anonymous access |
- Open Playnite and select and "Sync Library" from Playnite Web's menu setting. This is only required once.
- Navigate to the web app;
http://$PLAYNITE_WEB_APP_IP:$PORT
