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streama vs nixflix
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars, 978 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. nixflix has 569 stars, 40 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped yesterday. streama leads on adoption by 1,626% (9,820 vs 569 stars). streama is written in JavaScript under MIT; nixflix is written in Nix under MPL-2.0. streama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, nixflix 7%. nixflix 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 | nixflix | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.8K | ★ 569 |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Nix |
| Last push | 2026-08-09 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 978 | ⑂ 40 |
| 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 nixflix if
- You want the nixflix feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Nix
- You evaluated both and nixflix 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.
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About nixflix
Nixflix is a declarative media server configuration manager for NixOS that provisions and wires together the Starr services, Jellyfin, Seerr and their supporting tools from a single Nix flake, aimed at homelab operators who would rather keep their media stack in version control than click through a dozen web UIs.
read the full nixflix overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is streama or nixflix more popular?
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars and nixflix has 569. streama has the larger community by that measure.
Are streama and nixflix free?
Both are open source. streama is licensed under MIT and nixflix under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between streama and nixflix?
streama is written in JavaScript and nixflix in Nix. 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 nixflix?
Choose streama if you want the larger community (9,820 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose nixflix if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.