The best Owncast alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to Owncast, 3 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.
You're replacing
OwncastSelf-hosted live video streaming and chat server you run on your own machine.
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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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livego
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.2k
A simple Go server that receives live video over RTMP and plays it back as FLV or HLS.
Best for: Developers who want to self-host a basic live streaming endpoint; Hobbyists testing RTMP push and HLS playback locally
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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 Owncast. We don't take payment for placement.