Your TV, recorded.
Watch and record over-the-air TV on your devices.
Core features are free
Tanso TV lets you watch and record live over-the-air TV on your computer. Pair it with an antenna and a compatible USB, PCIe, or HDHomeRun tuner, and never miss a show again — the core features are free.
Tanso TV Device - your local TV & DVR server
Everything a DVR should do. Nothing it shouldn't.
A cloud account gives you the best experience — or stay fully offline; your recordings stay on your devices either way.
Watch & record live OTA TV
Tune free broadcast channels from an antenna through a compatible TV tuner. Watch live TV and record on your computer, phone, or tablet, right in the browser. Pause and rewind are planned for upcoming releases.
Watch on any screen
Tanso TV works in any modern browser with HTML5 video — phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops on your network. No separate app to install.
Your files, your machine
Recordings are saved as standard video files on your own computer. Watch them anywhere, keep them forever.
Windows, macOS and Linux
One Tanso TV experience across all three platforms. Install the server on your computer and watch from any browser.
Works with USB and network tuners
Works with many USB and PCIe tuners on Windows, plus the HDHomeRun models listed in the compatibility guide. On Linux, direct USB/PCIe support is implemented and verified with Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD model 1595, while other models are not yet fully verified; on macOS, HDHomeRun is currently the supported tuner family.
Before buying an antenna or tuner, check the channel lineup for your location or broadcast market in RabbitEars' market listings, then use its Signal Search Map to plan antenna placement.
What's free
Watch live TV and record what you're watching for free, with one tuner per device. Hardware acceleration is available on supported operating systems and GPUs. Limited remote access is available today; scheduled and series recording are planned for a future paid tier, and EPG support is planned for the next release.
Up and running in three steps
If you can plug in an antenna, you can run Tanso TV.
Connect your gear
Connect an OTA antenna to a compatible USB or PCIe tuner on Windows or Linux, or to a supported HDHomeRun on Windows, Linux, or macOS.
Install & scan
Install Tanso TV, connect your tuner, and use the cloud web app to run a channel scan. Tanso TV can discover a tuner automatically when it is connected before the Device starts; if you connect it later, run Tuner Discovery first.
Watch & record
Browse available channels, start watching, and record what you want to keep in your own library of shows and movies.
Cut the cord, keep the shows
Over-the-air TV is free — the airwaves are yours already. Tanso TV just gives you a proper DVR for them, the way cable used to, with the core features free.
📖 New here?
Step-by-step installation guides for each platform, plus usage walkthroughs and answers to common questions.
⬇️ Ready to try it?
Grab the build for your OS, verify the checksum if you're careful (good), and be recording within minutes.
Like it? Pass it on.
Tanso TV grows by word of mouth. If it earned a spot on your computer, tell someone who still pays for cable.