Self-hosted projects tagged “Video”

Free open-source video editor for web, desktop, and mobile with timeline editing, multi-track support, real-time preview, and local-first privacy.

MITActively maintained

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CapCut+16

Cobalt is a self-hostable web media downloader for saving publicly accessible videos and audio from supported social platforms via a simple paste-a-link interface and API.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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iTubeGo+4

Self-hosted game streaming server for Moonlight with low-latency streaming, hardware/software encoding, and web-based configuration and pairing.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Parsec+11

Nextcloud is an open-source content collaboration platform providing file sync & share, groupware (calendar, contacts, mail), real-time office editing, chat and video conferencing.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Drive+19

Invidious is a lightweight, privacy-focused alternative front-end for YouTube with subscriptions, playlists, and an API—without Google accounts, ads, or tracking.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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YouTube

Kodi is an open source media center for organizing and playing local and networked video, music, and photos with a TV-friendly interface and add-on ecosystem.

Actively maintained

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Microsoft Windows Media Player+7

A lightweight web interface for yt-dlp (youtube-dl fork) that manages queued downloads, playlists, and filename templates via Docker or local Python/Angular setup.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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4K Video Downloader+10

Piped is a privacy-friendly, lightweight alternative YouTube frontend with feeds, playlists, SponsorBlock support, and a public JSON API for apps and integrations.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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YouTube+1

Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server to download, index, search, and watch your archived videos with subscriptions and watch status tracking.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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YouTube+6

LibrePhotos is a self-hosted photo and video management service with timeline views, metadata search, and machine-learning features like face recognition and semantic image search.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+9

Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery that scans your filesystem into albums, generates fast thumbnails, supports RAW/EXIF, and enables multi-user sharing links.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+14

Self-hosted SponsorBlock client that connects to YouTube TV apps on smart TVs and streaming devices to automatically skip sponsor segments, intros, and more.

ZoneMinder is a free, open-source video surveillance system for Linux that captures, analyzes, records, and monitors cameras via a web interface.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Blue Iris+10

Open-source video integration and NVR platform that ingests camera streams and rebroadcasts them to HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa, Home Assistant and web clients via plugins.

Actively maintained

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Blue Iris+10

FreeSWITCH is an open-source software-defined telecom stack for building VoIP and real-time communication services with SIP and WebRTC support.

Actively maintained

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Twilio+15

Modern open source video and media CMS for hosting, organizing, and streaming video, audio, images, and PDFs with RBAC and a REST API.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Vimeo+9

Self-hosted distributed transcoding and remux automation for media libraries using FFmpeg or HandBrake, with health checks, scheduling, and plugin-based processing rules.

Actively maintained

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Encoding.com+2

Open source Google Drive-like cloud storage with uploads, sharing, media gallery, and optional AES-256 encryption, backed by MongoDB and pluggable storage.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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Google Drive+16

Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Plex+6

Open-source Nextcloud app for managing photos and videos with timeline, AI-based tagging, albums, map view, metadata editing, and on-demand HLS transcoding.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+10

Fast, modern photo and video management for Nextcloud with timeline, albums, sharing, metadata editing, map view, and optional AI-based tagging integrations.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+12

Self-hosted NVR and computer vision platform for RTSP/IP cameras with local object detection, motion detection, and face recognition.

MITActively maintained

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Synology Surveillance Station+10

Feature-rich ShareX/file upload server with a web dashboard, URL shortening, embeds, webhooks, OAuth2, image/video processing and Docker-first deployment.

MITActively maintained

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Droplr+12

Self-hosted web interface for managing video/audio downloads using youtube-dl, with a Material Design UI, queue management, and an optional public API.

MITActively maintained

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4K Video Downloader+15

An open-source WebRTC SFU that routes media for scalable multiparty video conferencing; supports Colibri XMPP/REST control, DTLS/SRTP, and Prometheus metrics.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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LiveKit Cloud+17

Fladder is a cross-platform Jellyfin client that streams, transcodes, and downloads media for offline playback, with profile switching, library management, and adaptive UI.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Infuse Pro+5

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.

AGPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Overseerr+2

Open-source browser-based peer-to-peer chat with E2E encryption, ephemeral messages, video/audio, screen sharing, direct file transfer, and iframe embedding.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Zoom+15

PiGallery2 is a fast, read-only, directory-first web photo gallery with search, maps, sharing links, and optional video playback, optimized for Raspberry Pi-class hardware.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+14

Modern, responsive web UI for Klipper via Moonraker to control, monitor, and manage one or multiple 3D printers from any device.