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24 alternatives to Lightstream

A powerful live streaming production studio in your browser.

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 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Lightstream▲349
A powerful live streaming production studio in your browser.
2017 · golightstream.com · its alternatives →
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
LightTwist▲117
Record & stream your show in a realistic virtual studio
Jul 2026 · lighttwist.com · its alternatives →
4
Stream Club▲295
Beautiful livestreams made easy
2021 · its alternatives →
5
API.stream▲122
API to build cloud-native live streaming production tools
2022 · api.stream · its alternatives →
6
Flutin 2.0▲235
Professional multistreaming platform with Free-flow Studio
2022 · ourcoddiwompleblog.com · its alternatives →
7
Stream.new▲148
Upload or record a video. Get a sharable link to stream it.
2020 · stream.new · its alternatives →
8
StreamYard▲199
Create professional live streams in your browser
2020 · streamyard.com · its alternatives →
9
Melon▲82
create gorgeous live-streams with ease
2021 · talkstudio.streamlabs.com · its alternatives →
10
Stream▲309
Make money from virtual events hosted on Zoom
2020 · joinstream.io · its alternatives →
11
Restream Studio▲262
Run professional live streams from your browser.
2020 · restream.io · its alternatives →
12
Welder Live▲141
Simple online live streaming
2021 · its alternatives →
13
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 →
14
Stream 2.0▲304
API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds
2016 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
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Devstream.tv – Watch developers code live▲257
2018 · devstream.tv · its alternatives →
16
Project Lightspeed▲114
a sub-second, open source, self hosted stream from OBS
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
17OA
Owncast – An open-source, self-hosted live streaming server▲241
I wanted to share the status with the Owncast project. If Wordpress is your self-hosted version of Medium, then this is your self-hosted version of Twitch. I've been little by little chipping away at building an easy to use and super useful live streaming server for individuals. It's still early days, but some recent updates include a dashboard where you can see some basic viewer metrics, configuration settings, and how your hardware is handling all that video crunching. We all know working with video can be intensive on the hardware side, so hopefully this helps people keep tabs on things.…
2020 · its alternatives →
18
100ms Live Stream SDK▲442
Add Twitch-like live streams to your apps
2022 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →
19
Beam▲64
The easiest way to create, record and live stream videos
2022 · beings.com · its alternatives →
20
Multi-Streaming Platform ▲118
Revolutionary web-based streaming software.
2023 · wave.video · its alternatives →
21
Streams 1.0▲142
Simplifying live and on-demand video streaming
2023 · bitmovin.com · its alternatives →
22
OneStream Live▲127
Live stream real-time & recorded videos on social media
2023 · onestream.live · its alternatives →
23
Send It▲99
Discover live streams across the internet.
2018 · ativpatel.com · its alternatives →
24
Be.Live▲216
Live streaming app to make the whole world your studio
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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