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Watchbear lets you watch any video together, in perfect sync. Start a room, share the code, and everyone's playback stays on the exact same frame play, pause and seek stay in step for the whole room. No account, no setup: friends drop in within seconds. Chat live, drop emoji reactions, and reply to messages in a side panel right next to the video, so the conversation never blocks your view. Works on any video, on any site.
This came out of a real annoyance. Watching something with friends who live far away always meant the "3, 2, 1, play!" countdown, and we'd still land a few seconds apart. Every tool I tried wanted me to upload the video, use their player, or make another account.
Watchbear doesn't ask for any of that. You open a room, share a code, and everyone stays on the same frame, including when someone pauses or jumps around. Chat and emoji reactions live in a side panel next to the video, so nobody has to cover the screen to say something. No account, and it works on whatever you're already watching.
One thing I'm a little proud of: it's open source and self-hostable. Run it on your own server and the whole thing is yours.
Would love to know what you think. And if you try it somewhere and the sync feels off, tell me the site, I'll dig in. I'll be in the comments all day.
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About Watchbear: Watch Together & Watch Party on Product Hunt
“Watch any video together, perfectly in sync”
Watchbear: Watch Together & Watch Party was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #81 on the daily leaderboard. Watchbear lets you watch any video together, in perfect sync. Start a room, share the code, and everyone's playback stays on the exact same frame play, pause and seek stay in step for the whole room. No account, no setup: friends drop in within seconds. Chat live, drop emoji reactions, and reply to messages in a side panel right next to the video, so the conversation never blocks your view. Works on any video, on any site.
Watchbear: Watch Together & Watch Party was featured in Browser Extensions (5.4k followers), Video Streaming (11.9k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers) and Social Networking (1.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 30.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Watchbear: Watch Together & Watch Party was hunted by Halit Sever. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Halit Sever
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Halit, I built Watchbear.
This came out of a real annoyance. Watching something with friends who live far away always meant the "3, 2, 1, play!" countdown, and we'd still land a few seconds apart. Every tool I tried wanted me to upload the video, use their player, or make another account.
Watchbear doesn't ask for any of that. You open a room, share a code, and everyone stays on the same frame, including when someone pauses or jumps around. Chat and emoji reactions live in a side panel next to the video, so nobody has to cover the screen to say something. No account, and it works on whatever you're already watching.
One thing I'm a little proud of: it's open source and self-hostable. Run it on your own server and the whole thing is yours.
Would love to know what you think. And if you try it somewhere and the sync feels off, tell me the site, I'll dig in. I'll be in the comments all day.