# Squad Theater

> Free peer-to-peer virtual movie night / watch-party for friends. One Director hosts a local film or screen share; the Audience watches together in real time. No accounts. No media servers.

Version: 2.0.0 Grand Opening
Updated: 2026-07-25
Home: https://squadtheater.jonbailey.xyz/
Preview: https://squad-theater.pages.dev/
Policy: https://squadtheater.jonbailey.xyz/policy.html
Creator: https://jonbailey.xyz/

## One-liner

Squad Theater is a free browser-based pure-WebRTC cinema: the host's video streams peer-to-peer to friends with host-authoritative play/pause/seek sync, chat, and reactions.

## Quick answers

- What is it? A privacy-first watch party app for small friend groups (~4–12).
- Does media go through Jon's servers? No. Film and mic audio travel peer-to-peer via WebRTC. Signaling (PeerJS) only exchanges connection metadata.
- Accounts? None. Preferences and recent room codes stay in localStorage.
- Cost? Free forever. No monetization.
- Who is responsible for copyrighted films? Users. Only stream content you have the right to share. See the Usage Policy.
- How do I host? Open the site → Become Director → share the room code or invite link → drop a local video or share screen → open curtains.
- How do I join? Enter the room code or open the invite link as Audience.
- Mic/camera? Opt-in only. Default is text chat + reactions.
- Album mode? Optional Album Night mode for synced local audio + visualizer.

## Technical summary

- Static site (Cloudflare Pages)
- WebRTC via PeerJS; Director peer id pattern st2-{ROOM}-dir
- Modules: webrtc, sync-engine, playlist, diagnostics, storage
- PWA installable (app shell cache only)

## Related network

- Jon Bailey music: https://jonbailey.xyz/
- Policy / disclaimer: /policy.html