Best Self-hosted Video Media Servers tools in 2026
95 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
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ErsatzTV
Open-source server that turns personal media into scheduled IPTV channels
ErsatzTV is an open-source media server that creates scheduled, EPG-driven IPTV-style channels from local libraries or Plex/Jellyfin/Emby, with hardware transcoding and M...

Kyoo
Self-hosted media server for streaming movies, series, and anime
Kyoo is a self-hosted video-focused media server for movies, TV series, and anime, with automatic library scanning, transcoding, and modern web/mobile clients.
Dispatcharr
IPTV and EPG management with proxy streaming and VOD support
Self-hosted IPTV stream and EPG manager with M3U/XMLTV support, proxy streaming, real-time stats, and VOD (movies/series) organization for media servers.

Reiverr
Unified media discovery, requesting, and playback UI for home media
Reiverr is a combined interface for TMDB discovery plus integrations with Jellyfin, Radarr, and Sonarr, aiming to replace Overseerr with a plugin-based playback system.
Jellystat
Statistics and activity monitoring for Jellyfin servers
Self-hosted statistics app for Jellyfin, providing session monitoring, watch history, and user/library analytics with backup and autosync support.

uStreamer
Lightweight MJPEG-over-HTTP video streaming server for V4L2 devices
uStreamer is a lightweight, fast MJPEG-over-HTTP streamer for V4L2 capture devices, optimized for high-FPS HDMI/VGA capture and PiKVM-style KVM over IP use.

Tunarr
Create IPTV-style live TV channels from Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby
Self-hosted IPTV channel builder that turns your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries into scheduled live TV streams with an HDHomeRun-style tuner, M3U, and web guide.

Stump
Comics, manga, and digital book server with OPDS support
Self-hosted server for comics, manga, and digital books with a built-in web UI, OPDS catalog support, and a REST API for library browsing and reading.

Fladder
Cross-platform Jellyfin client built with Flutter
Fladder is a cross-platform Jellyfin client that streams, transcodes, and downloads media for offline playback, with profile switching, library management, and adaptive U...
CyTube
Node.js-based synchronized media watchroom with chat and playlists
Web app for synchronized group watching: per-channel playlists, real-time chat, moderation, and multi-source media playback.
Gerbera
UPnP/DLNA media server for streaming local libraries on home networks
Gerbera is an open source UPnP/DLNA media server that streams your music, photos, and videos to compatible devices on your home network, with a web UI and optional transc...
WatchState
Sync Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby watch progress across servers
WatchState is a self-hosted service that synchronizes watch progress and play state between Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, with backups, webhooks, and parity checks.
nefarious
Web app for automated TV and movie torrent downloading
Self-hosted web application that discovers and automatically downloads TV shows and movies using Jackett for search and Transmission for torrent downloading, with optiona...

Edit Mind
Local AI video indexing and semantic search web app
Self-hosted web app that indexes videos with AI (transcription, vision analysis, embeddings) to enable natural-language search and scene export.

Gossa
Fast, dependency-free web file and media server
Gossa is a lightweight Go web server for browsing, uploading, and streaming files from a directory with a simple, fast UI and optional PWA support.


Meelo
Self-hosted personal music server focused on music collectors
Open-source self-hosted music server for collectors with flexible metadata parsing, multiple releases/versions support, music-video handling and Docker deployment.
Fireshare
Self-hosted video clip sharing with unique links
Self-host game clips and videos, organize them into a library, and share via unique watch links with optional public feed and uploads.

Ganymede
Twitch VOD and livestream archiving with chat playback
Self-hosted platform to archive Twitch VODs and live streams with real-time chat playback, rendered chat exports, playlists, and channel watching automation.
Youtarr
Automated YouTube downloader and organizer for media servers
Self-hosted web app to auto-download YouTube channels, organize media with metadata, and schedule downloads for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and Kodi.
RapidBay
Self-hosted torrent video streaming web app with casting support
RapidBay is a self-hosted torrent video streaming service that searches via Jackett, streams selected files in-browser, downloads subtitles, and supports Chromecast, Appl...

Gaseous
Self-hosted game ROM library manager with in-browser emulation
Self-hosted ROM and game library manager that identifies titles from multiple sources, enriches metadata, and lets you play supported systems in the browser.
YTPTube
Web UI for yt-dlp with concurrent downloads and scheduling
Self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp to download videos, playlists, channels and live streams with queues, presets, scheduling, notifications and a built-in player.

Zero-K
Open-source real-time strategy game on the Spring/Recoil engine
Free, cross-platform open-source RTS featuring physics-based combat, terrain deformation, a large unit roster, and competitive multiplayer including co-op and campaigns.
NzbDav
WebDAV server to stream Usenet NZB files with SABnzbd-compatible API
WebDAV server that mounts NZB files as a virtual filesystem for streaming; provides a SABnzbd-compatible API and integrates with Sonarr/Radarr for media-server workflows.

Agregarr
Plex collections manager that syncs and curates home hubs
Agregarr manages Plex Collections and hubs by syncing lists and stats from multiple sources, reordering and scheduling visibility, and optionally adding missing media via...

Riven
VFS-based automated media management and streaming platform
Open-source media management system that exposes a FUSE-based virtual filesystem, automates discovery/scraping/downloading, and integrates with Plex/Jellyfin/Emby.

Movary
Self-hosted movie watch history tracking and rating app
Movary is a self-hosted web app to track, rate, and explore your movie watch history with statistics, integrations, and automatic scrobbling from media servers.
HandBrake Web
Web interface for distributed HandBrakeCLI video transcoding
Self-hosted web UI to manage HandBrakeCLI encoding queues across one or more headless worker machines, including directory watchers and GPU-accelerated transcoding.

Drop
Open-source DRM-free game distribution and storefront platform
Self-hostable game distribution platform for sharing DRM-free games, with a store UI, rich metadata management, and flexible authentication including SSO.
8mb.local
Self-hosted web UI for GPU-accelerated video compression
Self-hosted video compressor web app with a SvelteKit UI, FastAPI API, and Celery workers using FFmpeg with GPU acceleration (NVENC/VAAPI) and CPU fallback.