[Feedback wanted] MysticMedia — a self-hosted media CDN that uses GitHub as storage

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MysticMedia — feedback wanted on my self-hosted media CDN

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been building MysticMedia, a self-hosted media CDN that uses a private GitHub repo as its storage backend (so, zero S3 costs). It handles Discord OAuth login, HLS video streaming, and image/document hosting with shareable links. I'd really appreciate feedback on the architecture and a few specific design decisions.

Repo: https://github.com/pranav158/MysticMedia
Stack: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, FFmpeg, EJS, WebSockets

Built strictly for educational/learning purposes — not for production or anything that violates Discord/GitHub ToS.

What it does

• Discord OAuth with an admin approval workflow
• HLS video streaming — FFmpeg transcoding to adaptive HLS with a quality selector
• GitHub-backed storage — media stored in a private repo
• Image, video, PDF & document hosting with shareable /r/:publicId links
• Glassmorphic dashboard with drag-and-drop + real-time WebSocket progress
• Security-hardened: Helmet CSP, CSRF tokens, rate limiting, IP blacklisting, XSS/HPP sanitization
• Streaming-optimized: zero-copy .ts chunk streaming, async I/O, memory-aware caching

How it works

User -> Discord OAuth -> Dashboard -> Upload
    - Image/Doc -> GitHub API PUT
    - Video -> FFmpeg -> HLS (real-time WS) -> GitHub
         -> MongoDB record -> /r/:publicId

Contributions Welcome

If the project interests you, feel free to:

• Star the repository
• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Create a Pull Request

Whether it's a small fix, documentation improvement, UI enhancement, or a major feature, all contributions are appreciated.

I'd love to hear your feedback and ideas. Thanks for checking it out

https://github.com/pranav158/MysticMedia

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