Owncast
Owncast is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube. It has 11,624 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 11,624
- Forks
- 1,192
- Open issues
- 153
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,455
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.3.0Sep 3, 2026
- Created
- May 24, 2020
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,455 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,455 |
| Latest release | v0.3.0 (Sep 3, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 24 |
| Open issues | 153 |
| Open pull requests | 18 |
| Good first issues | 3 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | May 24, 2020 |
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About Owncast
Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/owncast/owncast.
Topics
- video
- streaming-video
- livestream
- hls
- chat
- rtmp
- broadcasting
- self-hosted
- golang
- live
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Is Owncast free and open source?
Yes. Owncast is open-source software released under the MIT 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 Owncast with Docker?
Owncast does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Go), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Owncast?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Owncast include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. Owncast itself is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube.
Is Owncast actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Owncast was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,455 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.3.0, published Sep 3, 2026. It had 153 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.