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Best Open Source Digital Asset Management (DAM) Tools

Ranked by GitHub stars — actual adoption, not editorial taste. All 10 are free, open source and self-hostable; license and last activity on every entry.

  1. 1
    mediamtx ★ 20K

    Ready-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

    MIT Go pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  2. 2
    go2rtc ★ 14K

    Ultimate camera streaming application

    MIT Go pushed 2026-09-06 details →
  3. 3
    streama ★ 9.8K

    Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/

    MIT JavaScript pushed 2026-08-09 details →
  4. 4
    tubearchivist ★ 8.5K

    Your self hosted YouTube media server

    GPL-3.0 Python pushed 2026-08-28 details →
  5. 5
    CloudFlare-ImgBed ★ 6.5K

    🏖️ A serverless, open-source file hosting solution built on Cloudflare. Supports image hosting, secure file storage, and personal cloud drive capabilities.

    MIT JavaScript pushed 2026-09-11 details →
  6. 6
    Node-Media-Server ★ 6.2K

    A Node.js implementation of RTMP/HTTP-FLV Media Server

    Apache-2.0 JavaScript pushed 2026-09-10 details →
  7. 7
    Lychee ★ 4.3K

    Self-hosted photo management with full control

    MIT PHP pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  8. 8
    seanime ★ 4.2K

    Open-source media server with a web interface and desktop app for anime and manga.

    GPL-3.0 Go pushed 2026-09-15 details →
  9. 9
    Piwigo ★ 3.9K

    Organize thousands of photos with ease

    GPL-2.0 PHP pushed 2026-09-01 details →
  10. 10
    nginx-http-flv-module ★ 2.9K

    A media streaming server based on nginx-rtmp-module. In addtion to the features nginx-rtmp-module provides, HTTP-FLV, GOP cache, VHosts (one IP for multi domain

    BSD-2-Clause C pushed 2026-08-19 details →
method stars desc · snapshot from github api refresh nightly related Blogging & Personal Sites, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Publishing, Content Management Systems (CMS), Community Platforms, Documentation & Knowledge Base

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best open source Digital Asset Management (DAM) tool in 2026?

mediamtx leads the ranking with 20,170 GitHub stars, ahead of go2rtc. Rankings use live GitHub star counts, refreshed nightly.

How is this list of Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools ranked?

By GitHub stars — a proxy for adoption and community size. Each entry also shows its licence, primary language and last commit date, so you can judge maintenance activity rather than trusting the ranking alone.

Are the best Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools free?

Every project on this list is open source and free to self-host. Some also offer paid managed hosting, but the software itself carries no licence fee.