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streama vs httpx-static
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars, 978 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. httpx-static has 643 stars, 222 forks, 22 open issues and last shipped 11 months ago. streama leads on adoption by 1,427% (9,820 vs 643 stars). streama is written in JavaScript under MIT; httpx-static is written in Go under MIT. streama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, httpx-static 35%. streama 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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| streama | httpx-static | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.8K | ★ 643 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-08-09 | 2025-10-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 978 | ⑂ 222 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick streama if
- You weight community size — 9.8K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick httpx-static if
- You want the httpx-static feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and httpx-static fits your workflow better
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 →
About httpx-static
httpx static is a HTTP/HTTPS API proxy that ships as one component inside go oryx, a collection of isolated processes maintained under the SRS (Simple Realtime Server) project. The repository describes oryx as a group of separate processes, and httpx static is one of them: a static file server that also fronts API traffic over both HTTP and HTTPS. The project is written in Go and released under the MIT license, and it belongs to the SRS ecosystem, the media server family whose homepage is hosted at the ossrs/srs repository.
read the full httpx-static overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is streama or httpx-static more popular?
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars and httpx-static has 643. streama has the larger community by that measure.
Are streama and httpx-static free?
Both are open source. streama is licensed under MIT and httpx-static under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between streama and httpx-static?
streama is written in JavaScript and httpx-static in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, streama or httpx-static?
Choose streama if you want the larger community (9,820 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose httpx-static if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.