Restreamer

A self-hosted live streaming server with a web wizard that receives video from OBS or cameras and pushes it to YouTube, Twitch and your site.

5.2k stars, 568 forks HTML On GitHub since December 2015

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Development has slowed down. No commits in the last 90 days; the latest on 22 May 2026. Active alternatives: MediaMTX, SRS, Owncast.

Restreamer at a glance

Open sourceYes, Apache-2.0No paid parts in the repository
Health17 of 100Slowing down
Self-hostingDockerSteps in the README
InterfaceEnglish onlyNo translation files found
Issue repliesWithin ~15 hoursMedian first reply; 3% of recent issues answered

What is Restreamer?

Restreamer from datarhei takes live video from OBS, cameras or hardware devices and publishes it through its own HLS, RTMP and SRT server, a built-in VideoJS player for your website, and restreams to platforms such as YouTube Live, Twitch, Facebook and Vimeo. A wizard sets up sources, and FFmpeg does the processing, with hardware encoding on Raspberry Pi, Nvidia CUDA and Intel VAAPI. It includes Let's Encrypt certificates, viewer and bandwidth limits, a documented REST API and Prometheus metrics, and stores no audience data.

Good fit if

  • You want to stream to several platforms at once without a paid multistreaming service.
  • You need a camera-to-website livestream on a Raspberry Pi with a simple interface.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want an actively maintained streaming server: MediaMTX or SRS.
  • You need a channel with built-in chat for viewers: Owncast.

Before you adopt it

Restreamer is Apache-2.0 and free of paid parts. Activity is slowing: no commits in the last three months, and the latest release is from September 2024, so check the active alternatives above. It runs as a Docker image on Linux, or on macOS and Windows through Docker Desktop.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction

How to run Restreamer yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: docs.datarhei.com or the README on GitHub.

Restreamer health: is it still maintained?

17 of 100, slowing down

Release rhythmNone in 12 monthsLatest: v2.12.0, 13 September 2024
Issue repliesWithin ~15 hoursMedian first reply; 3% of recent issues answered
Bus factorNo recent commitsNobody committed in the last 90 days
  • Activity
    No commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 22 May 2026.
    0 / 30
  • Contributors
    Nobody committed in the last 90 days.
    0 / 20
  • Releases
    0 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v2.12.0, on 13 September 2024.
    1 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 3% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 15 hours.
    12 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 3.9 of 10.
    4 / 10

Read from GitHub on 6 November 2026. How the score works

Restreamer security practices

OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

OpenSSF Scorecard3.9 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyYesExplains how to report a vulnerability

What each check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Dangerous workflows10 / 10No risky patterns in GitHub Actions
  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Packaging10 / 10Releases are published as packages from CI
  • Security policy10 / 10Explains how to report a vulnerability
  • Best-practices badge0 / 10No OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Branch protection0 / 10The main branch has no protection rules
  • Code review0 / 10Changes are merged without review
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found
  • Maintained0 / 10Little or no activity in the last 90 days
  • Pinned dependencies0 / 10Dependencies are not pinned to fixed versions
  • Static analysis0 / 10No static analysis found
  • Token permissions0 / 10CI tokens have broad write rights

From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 2 November 2026. Checks that do not apply to Restreamer are left out.

Restreamer license: is it open source?

Restreamer uses Apache-2.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. December 2015First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayApache-2.0.

Restreamer for developers

Written in

  • HTML 47%
  • Shell 28%
  • Dockerfile 25%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues264On GitHub
Authors, 90 daysNoneNo commits in the last 90 days
Donations4 waysPatreon, Open Collective, ISSUEHUNT, own page

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

Alternatives to Restreamer

  • MediaMTXReady-to-use Media-over-QUIC / SRT / WebRTC / RTSP / RTMP / LL-HLS / MPEG-TS / RTP live media server and… 79 health · MIT · 20.6k stars
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  • OwncastTake control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box. 73 health · MIT · 11.7k stars
  • MediaCMSMediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS 63 health · AGPL-3.0 · 5.2k stars
  • PeerTubeActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser 87 health · AGPL-3.0 · 15.4k stars

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Questions about Restreamer

Is Restreamer open source?

Yes. Restreamer is published under Apache-2.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Restreamer still maintained?

Its health score is 17 of 100 (slowing down). It had no commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 22 May 2026, and its latest release came out on 13 September 2024.

How do I run Restreamer?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Restreamer written in?

Restreamer is written in HTML (47% of the code), with Shell (28%) and Dockerfile (25%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What are the alternatives to Restreamer?

Close alternatives in the Media servers & streaming category include MediaMTX, SRS, Owncast.