owncast

Media Servers

Self‑hosted live video streaming and chat server for single‑user broadcasts

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Go Latest v0.2.5 · 1mo ago Security brief →

Features

Single‑user live video streaming with integrated chat
Decentralized, self‑hosted alternative to mainstream services
RTMP compatibility with OBS, Streamlabs, Restream, etc.
Web UI for player, chat and embed components

Recent releases

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v0.2.5 Breaking risk 1mo

Notable features

Favicon customization
Optional chat authentication requirement
Federation shared inboxes support

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v0.2.4 New feature 4mo

Notable features

localization support in more UI areas
higher selectable video bitrates
Fediverse follower webhook

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Releases

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Releases per month

Cadence 0.1 / wk

Last release 53d

Tracked 2

Security

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Security score 3.8/10

OpenSSF 5.0/10

Open CVEs 0

SBOM Active maintainer

Community

GitHub stars 11,288

Forks 1,197

Contributors 90d 11

Open issues 186

Open PRs 25

Stars/wk velocity 0.0

HN peak 156

Reddit peak 125

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Stars

11,288

Forks

1,197

Languages

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Install & Platforms

Install via

docker

Platforms

linux macos arm64

Community & Support

Sponsor / Fund

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