Best self-hosted media streaming - multimedia streaming
[Multimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia) streaming tools and software.
We track 17 self-hosted media streaming - multimedia streaming projects. The median health score in this category is 60, against 6 projects rated healthy or better and 3 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kodi Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows. | Thriving · 95 | 21k | C++, deb | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Jellyfin Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Alm | Thriving · 92 | 58k | C#, deb | 15 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | MediaMTX Ready-to-use, zero-dependency real-time media server and proxy to publish, read, record, playback and route video/audio | Thriving · 84 | 20k | Go, Docker | 20 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | Kyoo Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dy | Healthy · 77 | 2.5k | Docker | 27 Aug 2026 | |
| 5 | Stash A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support. | Healthy · 76 | 13k | Docker, Go | 22 Sept 2026 | |
| 6 | Meelo Personal Music Server, designed for collectors and music maniacs. | Healthy · 71 | 1.4k | Docker | 16 Sept 2026 | |
| 7 | MistServer Public domain streaming media server that works with any device and any format. | Steady · 60 | 514 | C++ | 24 Jul 2026 | |
| 8 | Gerbera UPnP Media Server, which allows you to stream your digital media throughout your home network and listen to/watch it on | Steady · 55 | 1.4k | Docker, deb | 20 Sept 2026 | |
| 9 | ClipBucket Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes. | Steady · 55 | 182 | Docker, PHP | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 10 | mikochi Browse remote folders, upload files, delete, rename, download and stream files to VLC/mpv. | Steady · 54 | 376 | Go, Docker | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 11 | µStreamer Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net. | Steady · 52 | 2k | C, deb | — | |
| 12 | Karaoke Eternal Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can easily find and queue songs from their phone's browser. The player is al | At risk · 33 | 904 | Docker, Nodejs | 15 Feb 2026 | |
| 13 | NymphCast Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternat | At risk · 19 | 2.6k | C++ | 9 Nov 2024 | |
| 14 | cmyflix Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video. | At risk · 14 | 193 | C, deb | 18 Dec 2025 | |
| 15 | Icecast 2 Streaming audio/video server which can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and ma | Unrated | — | C | — | |
| 16 | Rygel UPnP AV MediaServer that allows you to easily share audio, video, and pictures. Media player software may use Rygel to b | Unrated | — | C | — | |
| 17 | üWave Self-hosted collaborative listening platform. Users take turns playing media—songs, talks, gameplay videos, or anything | Unrated | — | Nodejs | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Kodi is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 95/100. Jellyfin is the closest runner-up (92/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.