The Modular, High-Performance Media Archiving Engine. Built in Rust. Powered by WebAssembly. Driven by the Community.
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COMPILATION STATUS: STAGE 0 This project is currently in the architectural drafting phase. The codebase is under active construction and is not yet suitable for consumption or production workloads.
Hydrust is a native media orchestration platform engineered to solve the "maintenance trap" of modern streaming scrapers.
By decoupling the Core Engine (Download/Muxing/DRM) from the Site Logic (Scraping/API interaction) via a WebAssembly (WASM) plugin system, Hydrust provides a secure, sandboxed environment for extensions. Developers can iterate on site-specific logic without recompiling or compromising the core binary.
| Component | Technology | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Safety | Rust |
High-concurrency segment fetching and memory management. |
| Sandboxing | Wasmtime |
Isolated execution of site-specific Guest modules. |
| Native Pipeline | GStreamer |
True native remuxing (HLS/DASH to MP4) without sub-processing. |
| Discovery | Playwright/Chromium |
Headless manifest sniffing for JS-heavy environments. |
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![INFO] If you would like to contribute to our documentation or suggest a fix, please visit: Documentation repository
The Hydrust ecosystem operates as a distributed runtime:
- Host (The Engine): Orchestrates the GStreamer pipeline, manages asynchronous
tokiotasks, and handles the DRM (Widevine/AES) stack. - Guest (The Plugins): Lightweight
.wasmmodules compiled via the Hydrust SDK. These modules contain the logic to parse manifests and extract media URLs. - WIT (The Contract): A strictly typed WebAssembly Interface Type definition that ensures safe, deterministic communication between Host and Guest.
- SDK Stabilization: Finalize the WIT interface and plugin lifecycle.
- Parallel Downloader: Implement a high-throughput
tokio-based segment fetcher. - Core Pipeline: Basic GStreamer integration for HLS/DASH remuxing.
- CLI Tooling: Launch
hydrust-clifor automated plugin scaffolding. - Host-Call API: Implement networking shims for Guest modules.
- Manifest Sniffing: Integrated headless Chrome discovery.
- Widevine L3: Integration with
rswidevinefor content decryption. - CDM Management: Support for custom Content Decryption Module mounting.
- Desktop GUI: A modern, cross-platform interface built with Tauri.
- Remote Dashboard: Web-based orchestration and monitoring.
Hydrust is built for developers who demand efficiency and safety. We utilize a level-based contributor system (see our Discord for details).
- GStreamer Gurus: Help optimize our Rust-based media pipelines.
- WASM Wizards: Refine WIT interfaces and the plugin runtime.
- Rust Enthusiasts: Tackle
good-first-issuesin CLI development and documentation.
[!INFO] Rust SDK v0.1.2 is available Current version of SDK for Rust is available on crates.io. SDK for other languages will be available soon. Rust: Hydrust SDK
Hydrust is a research tool designed for personal archival and educational purposes. The developers do not condone or encourage the violation of any platform's Terms of Service or Copyright laws. Use this software responsibly.
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