I built a streaming app with 7,000+ downloads at ₹0/month — here's the exact architecture

I'm Wasey, a solo developer from Varanasi, India. I built DramaHub —

a fully live OTT streaming app on Google Play Store. 7,000+ downloads,

1,000+ daily active users, sub-1% crash rate, ₹0/month infrastructure.

Here's the exact architecture that makes it possible.

The Problem

I had zero budget for servers. A typical OTT backend needs:

• A backend server (₹3,000–15,000/month)


• A database (₹1,500+/month)


• A CDN (₹500+/month)

I had ₹0. So I had to think differently.

GitHub as the Database

All drama content, episode metadata, and app config live as JSON files

in a public GitHub repository. Free. Unlimited. Versioned automatically.

Every drama looks like this in JSON:

{

"id": "drama_001",

"title": "Drama Title",

"thumbnail": "

Twitter: @waseybuilds

Happy to answer any questions about the architecture.