Owncast – An open-source, self-hosted live streaming server
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.…
Owncast – An open-source, self-hosted live streaming server launched on December 20, 2020 with 241 votes, #78 of 3,242 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
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Owncast is an open-source, self-hosted live streaming server designed for individuals who want to run their own streaming platform independently. It provides a dashboard showing viewer metrics, configuration settings, and hardware performance monitoring for video processing. The software targets streamers and anyone interested in self-hosted streaming infrastructure, offering an alternative to commercial platforms by giving users full control over their broadcasting setup.
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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…
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