ClipBucket source
Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes.
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Self-hosted Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming software (2026)
[Multimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia) streaming tools and software.
Related: Media Streaming - Video Streaming · Media Streaming - Audio Streaming · Media Management
16 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable
cmyflix
Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video.
Gerbera source
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.
Icecast 2 source
Streaming audio/video server which can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between.
Jellyfin source
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.
Karaoke Eternal source
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.
Kodi source
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
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.
MediaMTX source
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.
Meelo
Personal Music Server, designed for collectors and music maniacs.
MistServer source
Public domain streaming media server that works with any device and any format.
NymphCast source
Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast).
Rygel source
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.
Stash source
A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support.
µStreamer
Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net.
üWave source
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.