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

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

Still maintained? Yes: 66 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v6.0-r2 (Sep 2026).

Comparisons in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: YouTube alternatives, Netflix alternatives, Twitch alternatives, Vimeo alternatives.

Docker #2 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming

At a glance

SRS quick facts

Health score
98/100 GOOD
Stars
29,395
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v6.0-r2, Sep 2026
Licence
MIT
View ossrs/srs on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "SRS/8.0 (Free) is a simple, high-performance, AI-driven real-time media server. It supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181 on Linux and macOS across x86_64, ARMv7, AArch64, Apple M1, RISC-V, LoongArch, and MIPS architectures. Supported codecs include H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, AAC, Opus, and G.711. See the complete list of features."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

SRS scores 98/100, #2 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 66 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v6.0-r2, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 29,395 stars add 17.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.1 more points.

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

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    66 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v6.0-r2 released 1 month ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 17.9 / 20

    29k 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

121 commits over the last 12 months
66
Last 90 days
121
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #2 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between Invidious (#1) and Tube Archivist (#3) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsDocker, C++
Latest releasev6.0-r2 · 1 month ago
Stars29,395
Open issues7
DockerYes
Repositoryossrs/srs ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

SRS vs its top 5 alternatives

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

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Invidious 98 26k AGPL-3.0 4 days ago
SRS (this tool) 98 29k MIT yesterday
Tube Archivist 96 8.6k GPL-3.0 5 days ago
OvenMediaEngine 94 3.3k AGPL-3.0 today
MediaCMS 90 5.2k AGPL-3.0 4 days ago
Tiramisu 89 151 GPL-2.0 13 days ago

SRS: common questions

Is SRS still maintained?

SRS had 66 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v6.0-r2, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.