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mediamtx vs streama
mediamtx has 20,170 GitHub stars, 2,374 forks, 188 open issues and last shipped yesterday. streama has 9,820 stars, 978 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. mediamtx leads on adoption by 105% (20,170 vs 9,820 stars). mediamtx is written in Go under MIT; streama is written in JavaScript under MIT. mediamtx has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, streama 10%. mediamtx was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (media-server), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| mediamtx | streama | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 20K | ★ 9.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.4K | ⑂ 978 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick mediamtx if
- You weight community size — 20K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick streama if
- You want the streama feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and streama fits your workflow better
About mediamtx
MediaMTX is a ready to use, zero dependency live media server and media proxy written in Go, aimed at anyone who needs to publish, read, proxy, record and play back real time video and audio streams across many protocols without standing up a heavy media platform.
read the full mediamtx overview →
About streama
Streama is a self hosted streaming media server, written in JavaScript and released under the MIT licence, that gives someone with a large personal collection of films and shows a private Netflix style library they run and control themselves.
read the full streama overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is mediamtx or streama more popular?
mediamtx has 20,170 GitHub stars and streama has 9,820. mediamtx has the larger community by that measure.
Are mediamtx and streama free?
Both are open source. mediamtx is licensed under MIT and streama under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between mediamtx and streama?
mediamtx is written in Go and streama in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, mediamtx or streama?
Choose mediamtx if you want the larger community (20,170 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose streama if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.