MediaCMS
MediaCMS is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube and Loom and ships a Docker image. It has 5,167 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,167
- Forks
- 974
- Open issues
- 141
- Commits, last 12 months
- 99
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v9.3.1Oct 20, 2026
- Created
- Dec 15, 2020
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 99 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 99 |
| Latest release | v9.3.1 (Oct 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 84 |
| Open issues | 141 |
| Open pull requests | 14 |
| Good first issues | 3 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 15, 2020 |
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About MediaCMS
Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms.
Topics
- cms
- django
- react
- video
- media
- audio
- sharing
- rest-api
- mediacms
- open-source
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Is MediaCMS free and open source?
Yes. MediaCMS is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 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 MediaCMS with Docker?
Yes. MediaCMS 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 MediaCMS?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to MediaCMS include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. MediaCMS itself is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube and Loom.
Is MediaCMS actively maintained?
The most recent commit to MediaCMS was on Oct 26, 2026 with 99 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v9.3.1, published Oct 20, 2026. It had 141 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.