The best livego alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to livego, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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livegoA simple Go server that receives live video over RTMP and plays it back as FLV or HLS.
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SRS
Open source · MIT · ★ 29.4k
A real-time media server that receives and delivers live video over many streaming protocols.
Best for: Developers building live streaming backends that need several delivery protocols; Teams that want to convert between RTMP and WebRTC streams
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MediaMTX
Open source · MIT · ★ 20.6k
A single-file server that receives, converts, and relays live video and audio streams.
Best for: People routing IP camera streams to viewers in a browser or media player; Streamers who want to send one stream to several protocols or destinations
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Owncast
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.6k
Self-hosted live video streaming and chat server you run on your own machine.
Best for: Streamers who want control over their content, interface and moderation; People who already use OBS or similar RTMP-based broadcasting software
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go2rtc
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.6k
A small server that receives, converts and re-serves live camera video in many formats.
Best for: Home users connecting IP cameras to a browser or Home Assistant; People who want low-latency live viewing of RTSP camera streams
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to livego. We don't take payment for placement.