🛠️ Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet
Summary
Kids Shelf is a local network server that allows parents to host curated videos for their young children with no tracking, autoplay, or commercial algorithms. It enforces a daily video time allowance, supports local video folders and YouTube downloads via yt-dlp, includes Kiwix for offline reference material, and features math practice to earn extra time.
Why it’s interesting
It provides a completely self-hosted, offline-capable walled garden for kids' media consumption that eliminates algorithmic recommendations and adds parental controls like viewing time allowances.
Target user
Parents of young children
Source metrics: Points 4 · Comments 1
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN
Summary
Kids Shelf is a local network server that allows parents to host curated videos for their young children with no tracking, autoplay, or commercial algorithms. It enforces a daily video time allowance, supports local video folders and YouTube downloads via yt-dlp, includes Kiwix for offline reference material, and features math practice to earn extra time.
Why it’s interesting
It provides a completely self-hosted, offline-capable walled garden for kids' media consumption that eliminates algorithmic recommendations and adds parental controls like viewing time allowances.
Target user
Parents of young children
Source metrics: Points 4 · Comments 1
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN