Audio and podcasting
Flow State Radio alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
bluenviron/mediamtxReady-to-use Media-over-QUIC / SRT / WebRTC / RTSP / RTMP / LL-HLS / MPEG-TS / RTP live media server and media proxy that allows to read, publish, proxy, record and playback real-time video and audio streams.Open on GitHub ↗ossrs/srsSRS is a simple, high-efficiency, real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181, with codec support for H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, AAC, Opus, and G.711.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Existing brand, listeners and social audience
- Proprietary curated programming and curation workflows
- Dedicated mobile apps or integrations the vendor may provide
- Any commercial licensing/rights the vendor holds
- Operational support and uptime SLAs from a hosted provider
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Flow State Radio, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.