Open source live projects

Every project in the registry tagged live, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 5 combined stars ★ 47K refresh nightly
01 srs ★ 29K

SRS is a simple, high-performance, AI-driven real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181, with codec sup

last push10 hours ago languageC++ licenseMIT
02 owncast ★ 12K

Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

last push41 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
03 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

last push29 days ago languageC licenseBSD-2-Clause
04 xiu ★ 2.3K

A simple,high performance and secure live media server in pure Rust (RTMP[cluster]/RTSP/WebRTC[whip/whep]/HTTP-FLV/HLS).🦀

last push6 months ago languageRust licenseMIT
05 httpx-static ★ 643

A HTTP/HTTPS API proxy for SRS.

last push11 months ago languageGo licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source live projects are there?

This registry tracks 5 projects tagged live, with 46,691 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is srs at 29,249 stars.

Are these live projects free to use?

Yes — 5 of the 5 carry an explicit open-source licence across 2 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which live project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these live projects still maintained?

3 of the 5 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.