https://github.com/halitsever/watchbear

🐻 Watch together in sync; Free Chrome extension for watch parties. Synced video playback, live chat & reactions, no account. Watch movies & YouTube with friends.
https://github.com/halitsever/watchbear

browser-extension chrome-extension crxjs manifest-v3 nestjs react realtime self-hosted sidepanel socket-io synchronized-video tailwindcss teleparty teleparty-alternative typescript video-sync watch-party watch-together watchparty websocket

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🐻 Watch together in sync; Free Chrome extension for watch parties. Synced video playback, live chat & reactions, no account. Watch movies & YouTube with friends.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/halitsever/watchbear
Owner: halitsever
License: mit
Created: 2026-06-13T03:08:00.000Z (16 days ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2026-06-20T14:51:22.000Z (8 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-06-20T16:25:41.679Z (8 days ago)
Topics: browser-extension, chrome-extension, crxjs, manifest-v3, nestjs, react, realtime, self-hosted, sidepanel, socket-io, synchronized-video, tailwindcss, teleparty, teleparty-alternative, typescript, video-sync, watch-party, watch-together, watchparty, websocket
Language: HTML
Homepage: http://watchbear.deepfeld.com/
Size: 1.16 MB
Stars: 26
Watchers: 0
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: Readme.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

🐻 Watchbear: The sweet way to watch together

Documentation

Watchbear lets you watch any video together, in sync. Start a room, share the
code, and everyone's playback stays on the same frame, with chat and reactions
in a side panel right next to the video.

**Synced playback:** play, pause and seek stay in step for everyone in the room.

**Join with a code:** no account; friends drop in within seconds.

**Side-panel chat:** live messages and quick reactions next to the video.

**Live position:** the panel shows the current second of the active tab's video.

Requires Node >= 20 and pnpm >= 10.

```bash
pnpm install
```

**Extension**

```bash
pnpm dev:ext
pnpm build:ext
```

Then open `chrome://extensions`, enable Developer mode, and **Load unpacked** →
`apps/extension/dist`.

**Server**

```bash
pnpm dev:server
pnpm build:server
```

**Self-hosting**

Watchbear is self-hostable. Run the server wherever you like (the
[`Server.Dockerfile`](./Server.Dockerfile) and [`server.compose.yaml`](./server.compose.yaml)
are ready to go), then point the extension at it: open the popup, click the server
row, **Change**, and enter your address (e.g. `https://watch.example.com`). It pings
the address to confirm a Watchbear server is there before switching.

The extension origin (`chrome-extension://…`) is allowed by default, so no CORS
config is needed for the client. To also allow a web origin, set `CORS_ORIGINS`
(comma-separated) on the server.

**Whole workspace**

```bash
pnpm build # build every app
pnpm typecheck # type-check every app
```