Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Lightstream

A powerful live streaming production studio in your browser.

Lightstream is a browser-based live streaming production studio that enables users to create and broadcast professional-quality streams. It serves content creators, marketers, and streamers who want to produce live… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lightstream launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Lightstream▲28

   A powerful live streaming production studio in your browser.

   2018 · golightstream.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Lightspeed – subsecond, open source, self hosted stream from OBS▲452

   A self contained OBS -> FTL -> WebRTC live streaming server. Comprised of 3 parts once configured anyone can achieve sub-second OBS to the browser livestreaming - GRVYDEV/Project-Lightspeed

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   LightTwist▲117

   Record & stream your show in a realistic virtual studio

   Jul 2026 · lighttwist.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Stream Club▲295

   Beautiful livestreams made easy

   2021 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   API.stream▲122

   API to build cloud-native live streaming production tools

   2022 · api.stream · its alternatives →

6. 6
   StreamYard▲199

   Create professional live streams in your browser

   2020 · streamyard.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Restream Studio▲262

   Run professional live streams from your browser.

   2020 · restream.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Flutin 2.0▲235

   Professional multistreaming platform with Free-flow Studio

   2022 · ourcoddiwompleblog.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   OneStream Live▲127

   Live stream real-time & recorded videos on social media

   2023 · onestream.live · its alternatives →

10. 10DT
    Devstream.tv – Watch developers code live▲257

    2018 · devstream.tv · its alternatives →

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    Stream 2.0▲303

    API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds

    2016 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live video streaming platform▲510

    Boltstream Live Video Streaming Website + Backend. Contribute to benwilber/boltstream development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stream▲309

    Make money from virtual events hosted on Zoom

    2020 · joinstream.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Twitch Creative▲265

    Watch artists create. Twitch expands into the arts.

    2015 · twitch.tv · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Project Lightspeed▲114

    a sub-second, open source, self hosted stream from OBS

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Melon▲82

    create gorgeous live-streams with ease

    2021 · talkstudio.streamlabs.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    100ms Live Stream SDK▲442

    Add Twitch-like live streams to your apps

    2022 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Multi-Streaming Platform ▲118

    Revolutionary web-based streaming software.

    2023 · wave.video · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Shipstreams▲282

    A list of makers shipping live

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    LiveKit Cloud▲250

    Build massive-scale, real-time video and audio experiences

    2022 · livekit.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Interactive Live Streaming by Video SDK▲315

    Experience interactive live streaming made for developers

    2023 · videosdk.live · its alternatives →

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    YouTube Mobile Live Streaming▲321

    A new chapter in YouTube’s live stream, on mobile

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Livecodestream – Live streaming directly from browser (decentralised)▲19

    2019 · livecodestream.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Welder Live▲141

    Simple online live streaming

    2021 · its alternatives →

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