Blog

Why we built it this way.

Product decisions, architecture, and operating notes from the team building Kochab.

Oct 29, 2026

What's new in Kochab 1.5

Links between services and their containers, Synology two-step sign-in, watched and favorite actions on your media servers, Plex maintenance tasks, and restyled charts.

Oct 26, 2026

Synology Download Station, more control over your download clients, Prowlarr grabs and indexer choice, a bigger Analytics page, and new tools for Plex, Jellyfin, Radarr, Sportarr, Tdarr and NAS storage.

Oct 20, 2026

What's new in Kochab 1.3

Album search and editions for Lidarr, a sectioned artist page with a New music row on Home, the reason when a download keeps failing, and plainer error messages.

Oct 18, 2026

What's new in Kochab 1.2

Seerr requests with season choice for everyone, one watchlist across Seerr, Plex and Trakt, more of Trakt on every title, and posters that show up from your phone first.

Oct 16, 2026

What's new in Kochab 1.1

A Home screen you arrange yourself, a real episode view for Sonarr, subtitles from Bazarr, and Trakt ratings on every title.

Jun 30, 2026

What we mean by full coverage

The scope of services Kochab supports, why we aim for parity with the mature clients, and where the lines get drawn.

Jun 30, 2026

Why a mobile app for a self-hosted stack

Browser tabs work, but they are not how you want to manage a homelab from your phone. The case for a dedicated client.

Jun 28, 2026

Building Kochab

Why Kochab is a paid, client-direct mobile app for a self-hosted media stack instead of another free web wrapper.