Self-Hosted Multimedia Streaming: 26 Open-Source Apps
6 apps here mention Raspberry Pi in their docs: Self-hosted apps for Raspberry Pi
Best for your setup
Homelab Novice
Wants it running tonight, with one command.
Stash13.1k
Stash is a self-hosted web app for organizing, browsing, and tagging video and image collections, with metadata scraping and statistics.
- Single container
- Ships a Compose file
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Homelab Hacker
Wants control: APIs, scripts and many ways to run it.
MediaMTX20.5k
MediaMTX is a ready-to-use real-time media server and media proxy for publishing, reading, proxying, recording, and playing back video and audio streams.
- Scriptable API
- Works offline
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26 projects
Jellyfin
58.3k
Jellyfin is a free software media server for managing and streaming personal media to client devices.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+3
SRS
29.4k
A high-efficiency real-time video server supporting streaming protocols such as RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181.
Media ServersVideo ConferencingMultimedia Streaming+1
MediaMTX
20.5k
MediaMTX is a ready-to-use real-time media server and media proxy for publishing, reading, proxying, recording, and playing back video and audio streams.
Multimedia StreamingMedia ServersVideo Surveillance+2
Stash
13.1k
Stash is a self-hosted web app for organizing, browsing, and tagging video and image collections, with metadata scraping and statistics.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+3
Single Container
Kodi
21.4k
Kodi is a free and open source media player and entertainment hub for digital media.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+1
Kyoo
2.5k
Kyoo is a self-hosted media server for movies, series, and anime, positioned as an alternative to Jellyfin or Plex.
Multimedia StreamingSelf Hosting SolutionsMedia Management+3
10 Containers
Mopidy
8.6k
Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python that plays local and cloud music through MPD and web clients.
Audio StreamingMedia ManagementMultimedia Streaming+2
Ampache
3.8k
Ampache is a web-based audio/video streaming application and file manager for accessing music and videos from anywhere.
Audio StreamingMedia ServersMedia Management+4
Stump
2.8k
Stump is a free and open source comics, manga, and digital book server with OPDS support.
E-Book ManagementMedia ManagementMultimedia Streaming+2
mStream
2.4k
mStream is a personal music streaming server for streaming a home music library to any device, anywhere.
Audio StreamingMedia ManagementMultimedia Streaming+2
Gerbera
1.4k
Gerbera is a UPnP media server for streaming digital media over a home network to UPnP-compatible devices.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+3
µStreamer
2.0k
µStreamer is a lightweight server for streaming MJPEG video from V4L2 devices over the network.
Multimedia StreamingMedia ServersVideo Surveillance+3
Meelo
1.4k
Meelo is a self-hosted music server for browsing, listening to, and managing music collections.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseAudio Streaming+3
MistServer
519
MistServer is an open source streaming media toolkit for OTT applications, with a web interface and API for configuration and management.
Multimedia StreamingMedia ServersWeb Servers+2
Restreamer
5.2k
A self-hosted solution for live streaming to websites and multiple external platforms.
Media ServersPermissive LicenseMultimedia Streaming+2
ClipBucket
183
ClipBucket V5 is a PHP-based video sharing platform for launching a YouTube/Netflix-like site with playlists, collections, private messaging, and photo/video hosting.
Multimedia StreamingMedia ServersMedia Management+4
Karaoke Eternal
914
Karaoke Eternal is a self-hosted karaoke party platform that lets guests find and queue songs from a phone browser while the player runs in a desktop browser.
Multimedia StreamingPermissive LicenseAudio Streaming+4
Webtor
703
Webtor is a self-hosted torrent streaming and download platform delivered as an all-in-one Docker image.
P2P File SharingMultimedia StreamingMedia Servers+4
mikochi
378
Mikochi is a minimalist remote file browser for self-hosted servers and NAS that lets users browse, upload, rename, delete, download, and stream files.
Web File ManagersMultimedia StreamingFile & Object Storage+2
NymphCast
2.6k
NymphCast turns hardware into an audio/video receiver for network streaming to televisions or powered speakers.
Multimedia StreamingAudio StreamingMedia Servers+3
cmyflix
195
cmyflix is a lightweight DIY Netflix-style media library and static web page generator written in C.
Multimedia StreamingMedia ServersMedia Management+2
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.
Multimedia StreamingAudio StreamingWeb Servers+1
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.
Multimedia StreamingCopyleft LicenseAudio Streaming+2
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.
Multimedia StreamingAudio StreamingMedia Servers+4
VideoLAN Client (VLC)
Cross-platform multimedia player client and server supporting most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Media ServersCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+2
Subsonic
Web-based media streamer and jukebox.
Media ServersMedia ManagementMultimedia Streaming+3