CheapNights

Co-op horror game night planner — track franchise roadmaps, plan sessions, and coordinate playthroughs with friends.

Features

• Franchise Roadmaps — Resident Evil and Silent Hill with game/movie/DLC entries, status tracking, star ratings, and platform ownership
• Session Planner — Monthly calendar with session scheduling, location toggle, and upcoming session list
• Now Playing — Live tracker showing the currently active game with auto-completion when switching
• Plex SSO — Sign in with Plex, restricted to server friends only
• Entity-driven UI — Statuses, categories, entry types, and platforms are all database entities with data-driven chip styling
• CheapHelpers Integration — BaseRepo, Selector components, AbsoluteExpirationCache, UriExtensions

Tech Stack

• C# 14 / .NET 11 — Blazor Server with interactive rendering
• MudBlazor 9.1 — Component library and theming
• EF Core 10 — SQLite (dev) / PostgreSQL (prod)
• CheapHelpers — EF repos, Blazor selectors, caching
• Docker — GHCR publishing via GitHub Actions
• Plex API — PIN-based authentication (3 HTTP calls, no external packages)

Development

# Run locally (SQLite, auto-creates horror.db)
dotnet run

# Plex admin token (required)
dotnet user-secrets set "Plex:AdminToken" "your-token"

Deployment

Published to ghcr.io/cheapnud/cheapnights:latest on push to main.

# On host
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Requires .env with PG_PASSWORD and PLEX_ADMIN_TOKEN.

CI/CD

• publish.yml — Docker build + push to GHCR
• pr-review.yml — Claude Sonnet 4.6 code review
• codeql.yml — Security and quality scanning
• dependency-review.yml — License and vulnerability check
• dotnet.yml — Build validation

Future Roadmap

Notifications

• Email notifications via CheapHelpers mailing services
• Push notifications (free tier)
• Session reminders and game completion alerts

Management Pages

• Create and manage game groups with custom theming
• Admin dashboard for entry management
• Bulk operations for status updates

Expanded Auth Providers

• Microsoft SSO
• Google OAuth
• Apple Sign In
• ASP.NET Identity integration

Metadata Enrichment

• Steam / SteamDB integration for game details and pricing
• IMDB / Rotten Tomatoes for movie ratings
• TVDB / TheMovieDB for additional metadata
• Plex library integration for ownership detection

License

MIT