Gerbera
Gerbera is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in C++. It ships a Docker image. It has 1,397 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,397
- Forks
- 231
- Open issues
- 55
- Commits, last 12 months
- 362
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.3.0Sep 20, 2026
- Created
- Aug 9, 2014
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 362 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors7 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 362 |
| Latest release | v3.3.0 (Sep 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 42 |
| Open issues | 55 |
| Open pull requests | 7 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Aug 9, 2014 |
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About 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.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/gerbera/gerbera.
Topics
- upnp
- mediaserver
- upnp-av
- cmake
- c-plus-plus
- gerbera
- flac
- inotify
- duktape
- libupnp
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Is Gerbera free and open source?
Yes. Gerbera is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Gerbera with Docker?
Yes. Gerbera provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Gerbera?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Gerbera include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious.
Is Gerbera actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Gerbera was on Oct 25, 2026 with 362 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.3.0, published Sep 20, 2026. It had 55 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.