# Best self-hosted Media Servers apps

> Video and multimedia servers and live streaming software. Stream movies, shows and live video to your devices, like a free Plex or YouTube. The most popular self-hosted media servers apps on GitHub are Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. appsgit lists 26 self-hosted apps in this category, ranked by GitHub stars. All 26 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Apps listed | 26 |
| Most starred | Jellyfin (57,817 stars) |
| With a Docker image | 17 |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/categories/media-servers |

## All 26 Media Servers apps

- [Jellyfin](https://appsgit.com/apps/jellyfin): 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… (57,817 stars, GPL-2.0, C#, Docker)
- [SRS](https://appsgit.com/apps/srs): A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV and SRT. (29,319 stars, MIT, C++, Docker)
- [Invidious](https://appsgit.com/apps/invidious): Alternative YouTube front-end. (25,131 stars, AGPL-3.0, Crystal, Docker)
- [Kodi](https://appsgit.com/apps/kodi): Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows. (21,286 stars, GPL-2.0, C++)
- [MediaMTX](https://appsgit.com/apps/mediamtx): 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. (20,345 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [PeerTube](https://appsgit.com/apps/peertube): Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser. (15,345 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript)
- [Stash](https://appsgit.com/apps/stash): A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support. (13,058 stars, AGPL-3.0, Go, Docker)
- [Owncast](https://appsgit.com/apps/owncast): Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options. (11,575 stars, MIT, Go)
- [Tube Archivist](https://appsgit.com/apps/tube-archivist): Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface. (8,499 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [Restreamer](https://appsgit.com/apps/restreamer): Access H.264 real-time video streaming on your website without a streaming provider. (5,207 stars, Apache-2.0, HTML, Docker)
- [MediaCMS](https://appsgit.com/apps/mediacms): Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API. (5,135 stars, AGPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [OvenMediaEngine](https://appsgit.com/apps/ovenmediaengine): Streaming Server with Sub-Second Latency. (3,286 stars, AGPL-3.0, C++, Docker)
- [NymphCast](https://appsgit.com/apps/nymphcast): Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast). (2,560 stars, BSD-3-Clause, C)
- [Kyoo](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (2,529 stars, GPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [µStreamer](https://appsgit.com/apps/streamer): Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net. (2,035 stars, GPL-3.0, C)
- [CyTube](https://appsgit.com/apps/cytube): Synchronize media, chat, and more for an arbitrary number of channels. (1,586 stars, MIT, JavaScript)
- [Meelo](https://appsgit.com/apps/meelo): Personal Music Server, designed for collectors and music maniacs. (1,439 stars, GPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Gerbera](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (1,394 stars, GPL-2.0, C++, Docker)
- [Karaoke Eternal](https://appsgit.com/apps/karaoke-eternal): 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. (907 stars, ISC, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Rapidbay](https://appsgit.com/apps/rapidbay): Videostreaming service/torrent client that allows searching and playing videos from torrents in the browser or from a Chromecast/AppleTV/Smart TV. (895 stars, MIT, Python, Docker)
- [MistServer](https://appsgit.com/apps/mistserver): Public domain streaming media server that works with any device and any format. (516 stars, Unlicense, C)
- [SyncTube](https://appsgit.com/apps/synctube): Lightweight and very simple to setup CyTube alternative to watch videos with friends and chat. (393 stars, MIT, Haxe)
- [mikochi](https://appsgit.com/apps/mikochi): Browse remote folders, upload files, delete, rename, download and stream files to VLC/mpv. (377 stars, MIT, JavaScript, Docker)
- [cmyflix](https://appsgit.com/apps/cmyflix): Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video. (194 stars, AGPL-3.0, C)
- [ClipBucket](https://appsgit.com/apps/clipbucket): Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes. (183 stars, AAL, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Tiramisu](https://appsgit.com/apps/tiramisu): BitTorrent engine with a FUSE virtual filesystem that streams torrents live to Plex/Jellyfin without downloading (alternative to Real-Debrid). (141 stars, GPL-2.0, Go, Docker)

## Replaces

- [Open-source alternatives to Plex](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/plex)
- [Open-source alternatives to Netflix](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/netflix)
- [Open-source alternatives to YouTube](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/youtube)
- [Open-source alternatives to Loom](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/loom)

## Related categories

- [Music Streaming](https://appsgit.com/categories/music-streaming): Music servers, audiobook and podcast streaming. Stream your own library to any device, like a private Spotify.
- [Media Management](https://appsgit.com/categories/media-management): Tools that find, download and organize movies, shows, music and videos. They keep your media library automatically filled and tidy.
- [Video Surveillance](https://appsgit.com/categories/video-surveillance): Camera recording and network video recorder software. Monitor your property with local storage and motion detection.
- [Photo Galleries](https://appsgit.com/categories/photo-galleries): Photo backup, galleries and albums with face and object search. A self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and iCloud.
- [Archiving](https://appsgit.com/categories/archiving): Tools that save and preserve web pages, emails and digital collections. Use them to keep a permanent, searchable copy of content you care about.
- [CMS](https://appsgit.com/categories/cms): Content management systems and headless CMS platforms for websites and apps. Publish and manage content on a stack you control.

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