Top pick · highest health
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.
Docker
Media Streaming - Video Streaming
Open source alternatives to Vimeo
We track 5 open-source Vimeo alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Kyoo leads on health at 94/100 with 365 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AAL, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 5 alternatives best health 94 ★ 35k combined 1,121 commits / 90d 3 with Docker
Top picks to replace Vimeo
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Healthiest
Health 94/100: 365 commits in 90 days, latest release v5.2.1, Docker image available.
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Most starred
15,376 stars, the biggest community among Vimeo alternatives.
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Permissive licence
AAL, so you can fork or embed it without publishing changes; health 89/100.
Showing 5 of 5 tools
All 5 Vimeo alternatives, ranked by health
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MediaCMS
Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.
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ClipBucket
Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes.
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PeerTube
Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser.
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Owncast
Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.
Go
Vimeo alternatives compared
Kyoo edges MediaCMS 94 to 90, and most of the difference is commit activity: 365 commits in 90 days against 26 commits in 90 days. PeerTube has the largest following at 15k stars, yet ranks #4 of 5, held back mostly by Docker support (no Docker image).
The most recent release is MediaCMS v9.4.0, published 4 days ago. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Go (1), Nodejs (1) and PHP (1) are the most common. ClipBucket and Owncast are permissively licensed; Kyoo, MediaCMS and PeerTube are copyleft.
3 of these 5 also appear among the Loom alternatives; Kyoo and ClipBucket are specific to Vimeo.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Kyoo Steady at 94 since 11 Sep | 94 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday | Yes |
| MediaCMS Up 14 points since 11 Sep | 90 | 5.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago | Yes |
| ClipBucket Steady at 89 since 11 Sep | 89 | 182 | AAL | yesterday | Yes |
| PeerTube Steady at 87 since 11 Sep | 87 | 15k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago | No |
| Owncast Steady at 86 since 11 Sep | 86 | 12k | MIT | 4 days ago | No |
Vimeo alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Vimeo?
Kyoo scores highest at 94/100, with 365 commits in the last 90 days, 2.6k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v5.2.1) published 2 months ago. PeerTube has the most raw commit activity at 485 commits in 90 days.
Which Vimeo alternatives use a permissive licence?
2 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): ClipBucket (AAL), Owncast (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Vimeo alternatives run in Docker?
3 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Kyoo, MediaCMS, ClipBucket. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Kyoo or MediaCMS the better Vimeo alternative?
On measured health Kyoo leads, 94 to 90. Kyoo has 365 commits in 90 days, 2.6k stars and v5.2.1 from 2 months ago; MediaCMS has 26 commits in 90 days, 5.2k stars and v9.4.0 from 4 days ago. MediaCMS is ahead on stars, so it is the stronger pick if that is what you weigh most.
Are the Vimeo alternatives still maintained?
5 of the 5 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Vimeo alternatives written in?
Go: Owncast. Nodejs: PeerTube. PHP: ClipBucket. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
