ELI6 Movies — open source free streaming site built with vanilla JS + Node.js, $0/month to run (eli6movies.vercel.app)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by eli6@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.world

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ELI6 Movies is a free streaming site I built — vanilla JS frontend, Node.js/Express backend, MongoDB.

Runs entirely on free tiers (Vercel + Render + Atlas M0). Zero cost to deploy yourself.

Features: episode notifications, smart server failover, watchlist, i18n (EN/IT/RU), mobile-first.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Source code?

This is open source afterall.

[-] eli6@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

just made it public: https://github.com/EliseyRotar/eli6_movies

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Network Access → Allow Access from Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0) — required for Render's dynamic IPs

...... No words can express how bad of an idea this is.

[-] eli6@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

fair point. render free tier has no static IPs so you literally cant restrict by IP, its 0.0.0.0/0 or pick a different host. but yeah the README made it sound like a feature rather than a tradeoff, updated it to be clearer that strong credentials + TLS are what actually protect you here

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You can. Your AI slop just doesn't know how.

[-] eli6@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

you are right, my bad. render publishes fixed CIDR ranges per region, you can get them from the dashboard and allowlist those in atlas instead of 0.0.0.0/0. updating the readme

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