Owncast vs SRS

Both are self-hosted media streaming - video streaming projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Owncast scores 90 against SRS's 74, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — SRS may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Owncast	SRS
Health score	90/100	74/100
Commits (11 mo)	1475	159
Commits (last 3 mo)	483	31
Stars	12k	29k
Latest release	3 Sept 2026	24 Sept 2026
Licence	MIT	MIT
Built with	Go	Docker, C++
Typical RAM	1 GB	2 GB

Owncast

Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.

90/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 34/40

Releases 25/25

Community 16/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 85% of tracked projects; popularity more than 81%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

SRS

A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV and SRT.

74/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 15/40

Releases 25/25

Community 18/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 38% of tracked projects; popularity more than 92%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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