Social media
Twitch 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
owncastTake control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.Open on GitHub ↗ossrs/srsSRS is a simple, high-performance, AI-driven real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH...Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Global CDN edge scale and multi-region low-latency delivery
- Large built-in audience and network effects for discoverability
- Advanced moderation, community and safety tooling at scale
- Built-in monetization, subscriptions, and partner programs
- Mobile app ecosystems, analytics, and commercial integrations
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Twitch, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.