Restreamer

Access H.264 real-time video streaming on your website without a streaming provider.

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push May 2026.

Also an alternative to Twitch and Loom.

Docker #11 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming

At a glance

Restreamer quick facts

Health score: 35/100 STALE
Stars: 5,232
Last commit: 5 months ago (May 2026)
Latest release: v2.12.0, Sep 2024
Licence: Apache-2.0

View datarhei/restreamer on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Restreamer

Full rankings: Twitch alternatives, Loom alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "A really nice and free alternative for handling live streams."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Restreamer scores 35/100, #11 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.12.0, 2.1 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 5,232 stars add 14.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35

0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 0.0 / 25

v2.12.0 released 2.1 years ago
Stars 14.9 / 20

5.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
Not archived 10.0 / 10

Repository is active
Docker support 10.0 / 10

Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

0
Last 90 days: 2
Last 12 months: 5 months ago
Last push

Ranked #11 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between Rapidbay (#10) and CyTube (#12) .

Details

Licence	Apache-2.0
Platforms	Nodejs, Docker
Latest release	v2.12.0 · 2.1 years ago
Stars	5,232
Open issues	264
Docker	Yes
Repository	datarhei/restreamer ↗

Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Restreamer vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Restreamer (Media Streaming - Video Streaming), scored on the same five terms.

Tool	Health	Stars	Licence	Last commit
OvenMediaEngine	94	3.3k	AGPL-3.0	today
MediaCMS	90	5.2k	AGPL-3.0	4 days ago
PeerTube	87	15k	AGPL-3.0	2 days ago
Owncast	86	12k	MIT	4 days ago
MistServer	81	519	Unlicense	18 days ago
Restreamer (this tool)	35	5.2k	Apache-2.0	5 months ago

Restreamer: common questions

What does Restreamer replace?

Repoly lists Restreamer as an open-source alternative to Twitch and Loom. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Restreamer stands against the others.

Is Restreamer still maintained?

Restreamer had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 months ago; the latest tagged release, v2.12.0, is from 2.1 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.

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