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Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming server that supports RTMP ingest, HLS playback, and built-in web chat, with optional Fediverse (ActivityPub) integration.
11.5k stars1.2k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
2 self-hosted Castr alternatives
Castr is a cloud live‑streaming platform that ingests RTMP and other live inputs, restreams/simulcasts to multiple destinations, hosts 24/7 channels, offers cloud transcoding, recording, embeddable players and basic viewer analytics.
Alternatives to Castr
Self-hosted live streaming server to ingest RTMP/SRT/RTSP, transcode with FFmpeg, and restream to platforms like YouTube Live and Twitch with an easy web UI.
5.2k stars553 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing Castr actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 2 of 2 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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