MediaCMS
★ 5.1kA self-hosted alternative to Youtube
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallCompose · Source8 active committers (12mo)
About
MediaCMS is an open source video and media content management system designed for self-hosted portals. It targets organizations, educational institutions, communities, and individuals that want to...
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Features
- Public, private, unlisted, and custom publishing workflows
- Role-based access control
- Local Whisper transcription
- Multiple media types
- Media categories and tags
- Social sharing and embed code
- Video trimming
- SAML support
- Live search
- Playlists
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 10, 2026
- Created
- Dec 15, 2020
- Install Methods
- docker-composesource
- Requirements
- DjangoReactCeleryPostgreSQLRedisNginxuWSGIFFMPEGBento4
- Minimum Requirements
- RAM: 4GBCPU: 2-4 CPUsDisk: 3x expected uploaded videos
- Authentication
- samllocal
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- PythonDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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