Hey guys,

I'm the developer of Zwind, an iOS app for browsing, serving, reading, and playing content from different sources. In the new release, I added an extension called "Emby Library Projection Resolver." It turns an Emby media library into browsable WebDAV folders.

For Emby users, it mainly helps with two workflows:

1. Browse, search, and play movies or TV series from Emby directly on iPhone or iPad.
2. Turn Emby into a WebDAV entry point, so TVs, media players, or other WebDAV-compatible clients can access the media library.

I want to give everyone interested in it a free redeem code for this extension: https://zwind.app/redeem/?code=ZWEM (Note: This app also has other paid features, but it is fully usable if you only use the Emby feature)

I’m a solo dev trying to grow this properly. If you find the app or Emby extension useful, leaving a quick rating on the App Store or feedback here would be a massive help.

Hi everyone,

This time I want to explain why I built this thing in the first place.

The app is called Zwind.

On the surface, it looks like a weird niche utility: “A WebDAV server for iPhone.”

And honestly… it kind of is.

Because almost nobody today thinks of phones as servers.

Phones became machines for:

• doomscrolling
• algorithmic feeds
• notifications
• platform hopping
• consuming content someone else controls

Our devices became more powerful than ever.

But somehow they became less ours.

That feeling started bothering me more and more.

I got tired of platforms deciding what I should see

The modern internet looks huge.

But real freedom on the internet feels smaller every year.

You think you're exploring.

But actually:

• algorithms decide what reaches you
• platforms decide what survives
• creators disappear because ranking changed
• subscriptions became engagement feeds
• recommendations replaced discovery

I started missing the old internet.

The internet where:

• you subscribed to your own RSS feeds
• you managed your own files
• you chose your own information sources
• your workflow belonged to you

Not to recommendation systems.

Not to engagement optimization.

So I started asking myself: What would a truly user-owned information gateway look like?

That’s when I chose WebDAV.

Why WebDAV?

WebDAV is old.

That’s exactly why I love it.

Because it still represents something modern software abandoned long ago:

openness.

WebDAV fundamentally says: “Turn anything into a filesystem.”

And filesystems are still one of the most universal interfaces humans understand.

Folders.

Directories.

Paths.

Mount points.

Those concepts survived decades because they work.

So I started thinking: What if internet content itself could become a filesystem?

That idea became the core philosophy of Zwind.

Zwind turns internet resources into filesystems

Inside Zwind:

• local storage can become WebDAV
• cloud storage can become WebDAV
• RSS feeds can become WebDAV
• websites can become WebDAV
• remote resources can become WebDAV

Everything eventually becomes: a virtual filesystem accessible through WebDAV.

Which means:

• browse RSS from a file manager
• stream subscription media directly from players
• mount web resources into NAS workflows
• access content from any WebDAV-compatible client

Your phone quietly becomes your own information hub again.

Then RSS Projection changed everything

At first Zwind was mostly about sharing files.

Then I realized:

the real problem wasn’t file transfer.

It was information access.

So I built RSS Projection.

But I didn’t want “another RSS reader.”

I wanted RSS to behave like infrastructure.

Example:

/Subscriptions/TechCrunch/
/Subscriptions/HackerNews/
/Subscriptions/YouTube/

Articles become files.

Media becomes streamable resources.

Feeds become mountable structures.

And because everything is exposed through WebDAV:

you can use players, file managers, sync tools, automation systems — whatever you want.

RSS stops being trapped inside feed-reader UIs.

It becomes portable again.

Then I went further:

websites themselves became mountable

A lot of modern platforms don’t expose RSS anymore.

No APIs.

No export.

No openness.

So I built something much crazier:

ZWMP — Zwind Web Media Projection Protocol

This is probably my favorite part of the whole project.

ZWMP is an open projection protocol that transforms arbitrary websites into virtual filesystem resources.

Meaning a website can become:

• folders
• media collections
• streamable files
• paginated directories
• searchable resources

All exposed through WebDAV.

Even if the original website provides:

• no API
• no RSS
• no open protocol

Using projection rules, ZWMP can reinterpret websites into mountable resource structures.

Meaning chaotic modern websites suddenly become:

/Media/
/Videos/
/Articles/
/Collections/

And because the protocol is open-source and extensible, people can build their own resolvers too.

That part was extremely important to me.

I didn’t want another locked plugin ecosystem.

I wanted users themselves to reclaim parts of the modern web back into open infrastructure.

At that point Zwind stopped feeling like “an app.”

It started feeling more like: a user-owned interface layer for the internet.

What I’m actually trying to fight against

Modern software increasingly wants users trapped inside platforms.

Closed ecosystems.

Recommendation loops.

Algorithmic walls.

Zwind was designed in the opposite direction.

I want:

• open protocols
• local-first workflows
• composability
• interoperability
• user ownership

You don’t even have to use my UI.

Use your own clients.

Your own workflows.

Your own automation stack.

That’s real freedom to me.

Promotion / Support

A lot of people from my last post asked me to continue building the resolver ecosystem, so I decided to run another large promo round.

And honestly:

every purchase genuinely helps me continue building this weird anti-platform project.

Web Media Projection Resolver

$6.99 → FREE

Redeem:

Free Offer Code

If the free code is exhausted/expired — or if you simply want to support development:

$0.99 Offer

RSS Projection Resolver

$6.99 → $0.99

Redeem:

RSS Resolver Offer

VIP Lifetime

$19.99 → $4.99

Redeem:

VIP Lifetime Offer

VIP Lifetime unlocks:

• multiple simultaneous WebDAV servers
• advanced server capabilities
• lifetime access to future resolvers

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I don’t think this is the end.

Honestly it feels more like the beginning of a larger idea.

Maybe the internet doesn’t need more platforms.

Maybe it needs more open resource systems.

More interoperability.

More ownership.

More freedom.

At least now, I can finally browse the internet the way I want.

Not how algorithms want.

Not how platforms want.

My content.

My gateway.

My workflow.

My internet.

Built an RSS Projection Resolver for my WebDAV app: it turns RSS/Atom feeds into a browsable WebDAV resource tree.

You can consume feeds in a very different way now — not just read them, but access them like folders, files, links, metadata, and derived resources.

It’s currently FREE for a limited time — last 3 days.

Offer link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6755239096&code=ZWIND51RSS

Regular price: $6.99

A demo of how it works: https://x.com/i/status/2050542070222475535

Would love to hear what you think about RSS to WebDAV as a new way to consume feeds.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zwind-webdav-server-player/id6755239096