SelfHostHub lists 17 open-source Multimedia Streaming projects you can host on your own server. The most-starred on GitHub are Jellyfin (58,215 stars), Kodi (21,345 stars) and MediaMTX (20,449 stars). 9 of them document a Docker install, and 4 offer a live demo you can try first.
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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.
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
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.
A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support.
Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast).
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.
Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net.
Personal Music Server, designed for collectors and music maniacs.
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.
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.
Public domain streaming media server that works with any device and any format.
Browse remote folders, upload files, delete, rename, download and stream files to VLC/mpv.
Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video.
Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes.
Streaming audio/video server which can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between.
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.
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.
By GitHub stars, the top projects in this category are Jellyfin (58,215 stars), Kodi (21,345 stars) and MediaMTX (20,449 stars).
17 projects are currently listed in the Multimedia Streaming category on SelfHostHub.
The most common licences in this category are GPL-2.0 (4), MIT (3) and GPL-3.0 (3).
9 of the 17 projects list Docker as a supported platform. Check each project's documentation for the exact install steps.