Self-hosted Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming software
Multimedia streaming tools and software.
Sizing a server for this? Read Jellyfin VPS requirements: what the docs say (and why a plain VPS is tricky).
17 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jellyfin | Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi. | GPL-2.0 | 58,304 | 2026-10-17 | C#, deb, Docker | Source |
| Kodi | Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows. | GPL-2.0 | 21,358 | 2026-10-20 | C++, deb | Source |
| MediaMTX | Ready-to-use, zero-dependency real-time media server and proxy to publish, read, record, playback and route video/audio streams over SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, RTP. | MIT | 20,468 | 2026-10-20 | Go, Docker | Source |
| Stash | A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support. | AGPL-3.0 | 13,151 | 2026-10-07 | Docker, Go | Source |
| NymphCast | Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast). | BSD-3-Clause | 2,567 | 2026-01-10 | C++ | Source |
| Kyoo | Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval. | GPL-3.0 | 2,543 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| µStreamer | Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net. | GPL-3.0 | 2,038 | 2026-10-10 | C, deb | Source |
| Meelo | Personal Music Server, designed for collectors and music maniacs. | GPL-3.0 | 1,441 | 2026-10-19 | Docker | Source |
| Gerbera | UPnP Media Server, which allows you to stream your digital media throughout your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices. | GPL-2.0 | 1,397 | 2026-10-20 | Docker, deb, C++ | Source |
| Karaoke Eternal | Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can easily find and queue songs from their phone's browser. The player is also fully browser-based with support for MP3+G, MP4 and WebGL visualizations. | ISC | 913 | 2026-02-14 | Docker, Nodejs | Source |
| MistServer | Public domain streaming media server that works with any device and any format. | Unlicense | 519 | 2026-10-05 | C++ | Source |
| mikochi | Browse remote folders, upload files, delete, rename, download and stream files to VLC/mpv. | MIT | 377 | 2026-10-15 | Go, Docker, K8S | Source |
| cmyflix | Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video. | AGPL-3.0 | 195 | 2025-12-18 | C, deb | Source |
| ClipBucket | Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes. | AAL | 183 | 2026-10-19 | Docker, PHP | Source |
| Icecast 2 | Streaming audio/video server which can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | C | Source |
| Rygel | UPnP AV MediaServer that allows you to easily share audio, video, and pictures. Media player software may use Rygel to become a MediaRenderer that may be controlled remotely by a UPnP or DLNA Controller. | LGPL-2.1 | — | — | C | Source |
| üWave | Self-hosted collaborative listening platform. Users take turns playing media—songs, talks, gameplay videos, or anything else—from a variety of media sources like YouTube and SoundCloud. | MIT | — | — | Nodejs | Source |