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24 alternatives to Owncast

Your free and open source live streaming with built in chat

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Owncast launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   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 →

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   Chaton▲88

   1:1 video chat P2P open source

   2021 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Welder Live▲141

   Simple online live streaming

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4BS
   Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live video streaming platform▲510

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Crowdcast▲179

   Webinars & live streams that don't suck.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6SR
   Strimpack – roll your own livestreaming portal, chat, subs, and forum▲249

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Twitch Studio▲150

   Twitch has released it's own broadcasting software

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   GetVokl▲73

   Create your own live-video streaming channel.

   2019 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Look▲142

   Live video streaming in your chats and groups

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CodebaseChat▲207

    Create a GPT chatbot for any GitHub repo in just 30 seconds

    2023 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    p2p.chat▲98

    No-nonsense video calls, free forever

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Mighty Networks 2.0▲113

    Livestream from a community you own

    2021 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stream Chat▲330

    Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours

    2019 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Stream▲210

    Twitter for introverts

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    LiveKit▲236

    The open source platform for real-time communication

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Gitter▲131

    free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    WebWhiz▲214

    Custom ChatGPT for your website, open source, free self-host

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Virtual Event Chat Kit▲117

    UI kit & sample app for building in-app virtual event chat

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Talk▲139

    A free video conference app that works in all browsers

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    BetterCast Background Radio▲73

    Free streaming music for live-streamed events and more

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    GitPodcast: Private Mode▲89

    Understand any GitHub codebase via an engaging podcast

    2025 · gitpodcast.com · its alternatives →

22. 22OS
    Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    own-tv▲7

    Your own streaming platform. Upload, schedule and broadcast.

    Nov 2025 · own-tv.web.app · its alternatives →

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    StreamVoodoo▲76

    Connect multiple live broadcast quality videos in the cloud.

    2022 · its alternatives →

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