AIRWAVE

Curated live-TV streaming in the browser. Open the site, pick a channel by category, one click plays live.

Live: https://watchairwave.vercel.app

Features

• 54 channels across 7 categories: News, Sports, Entertainment, Kids, Music, Documentary, Anime
• hls.js playback with retry logic, LIVE/REPLAY badges, and a now/next program guide
• Password-protected /admin panel: add/edit/enable/disable channels plus browser-based stream-health checks (persisted with Vercel Blob)

Stack

React 19, Vite, Tailwind CSS 4, hls.js, Vercel Blob. Hosted on Vercel.

Run locally

npm install
npm run dev

Stream requirements

A stream only plays in the browser when all of these hold:

1. Served over HTTPS (no mixed content)
2. Responds with HTTP 200
3. Body starts with #EXTM3U (a real HLS playlist)
4. Response includes Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

scripts/check-streams.sh probes every channel against these rules.

Legal

Free-to-air / public streams only. No premium channels.