owncast

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

⭐ 11,583 stars on GitHub · 🍴 1,185 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: Go

What is owncast?

This is a powerful opensource communication platform — self-host it to keep full control over your team's chat data.

The biggest strength is full control over chat data — something no commercial alternative grants you.

Best for remote teams, tech companies, communities — anyone who wants chat history kept private.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ activitypub
• 🏷️ broadcasting
• 🏷️ chat
• 🏷️ decentralized
• 🏷️ federation
• 🏷️ fediverse
• 🏷️ golang
• 🏷️ hacktoberfest
• 🏷️ hls
• 🏷️ live

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/owncast/owncast.git
cd owncast
docker build -t owncast .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 owncast

Minimum system requirements

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🎯 Benefits:

• One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
• Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
• Daily snapshot backup
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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: owncast/owncast
• 🌐 Homepage: https://owncast.online
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 10/10/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.