Self-hosted Media Streaming - Video Streaming software

Video streaming tools and software.

19 apps, ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.

Alternatives to PlexAlternatives to NetflixAlternatives to YouTube

SRS

Simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV and SRT.

Actively maintained ★ 29.4k MIT 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Invidious

Alternative YouTube front-end.

Actively maintained ★ 25.9k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

PeerTube

Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser.

Actively maintained ★ 15.4k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$10/mo

Owncast

Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.

Actively maintained ★ 11.6k MIT ~$20/mo

Tube Archivist

Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface.

Actively maintained ★ 8.6k GPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

MediaCMS

Modern, fully featured video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.

Actively maintained ★ 5.2k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

OvenMediaEngine

Streaming Server with Sub-Second Latency.

Actively maintained ★ 3.3k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Restreamer

Access H.264 real-time video streaming on your website without a streaming provider.

Maintained ★ 5.2k Apache-2.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Rapidbay

Videostreaming service/torrent client that allows searching and playing videos from torrents in the browser or from a Chromecast/AppleTV/Smart TV.

Actively maintained ★ 904 MIT 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

SyncTube

Lightweight and very simple to setup CyTube alternative to watch videos with friends and chat.

Actively maintained ★ 396 MIT ~$20/mo

CyTube

Synchronize media, chat, and more for an arbitrary number of channels.

Maintained ★ 1.6k MIT ~$20/mo

Tiramisu

BitTorrent engine with a FUSE virtual filesystem that streams torrents live to Plex/Jellyfin without downloading (alternative to Real-Debrid).

Actively maintained ★ 152 GPL-2.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Channels DVR Server

Flexible server providing a whole home DVR experience for Channels.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$20/mo

ClyoCloud

Personal cloud storage and media management application built for privacy, efficiency, and aesthetics.

Health unknown AGPL-3.0 ~$20/mo

Emby

Home media server supporting both DLNA and DIAL (Chromecast) devices out-of-the-box.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$20/mo

Plex

Centralized home media playback system with a powerful central server.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$20/mo

Subsonic

Web-based media streamer and jukebox.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$20/mo

Tube

Youtube-like (without censorship and features you don't need!) video sharing app written in Go which also supports automatic transcoding to MP4 H.265 AAC, multiple collections and RSS feed.

Health unknown MIT ~$20/mo

VideoLAN Client (VLC)

Cross-platform multimedia player client and server supporting most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Health unknown GPL-2.0 ~$20/mo

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