Open Source Media Servers Software
Media Servers organize personal libraries of music, video, and audio files for streaming across different devices. These tools centralize digital media collections and provide the necessary protocols to play content on web browsers or dedicated apps. This type of software serves home users and media enthusiasts who want to manage their own entertainment hubs. Self-hosting these apps ensures that audio and video files remain on private hardware. This approach removes reliance on external streaming services and prevents the loss of access to personal media libraries.
This page lists 97 open source tools in the Media Servers category. The most popular are Jellyfin, copyparty and Pear Desktop. Most use the GPL-3.0 or MIT license, and 76 offer an official Docker image.
Strix
Finds IP camera stream URLs and generates configuration files for surveillance software through automated network probing.
Reaparr
A media downloader that transfers content from remote servers to a local media library.
Webtor
Self-hosted torrent client that enables direct file downloads and instant streaming of video and audio content.
ENiGMA½
A modern bulletin board system server with support for retro terminal protocols and federated social networking.
Stretto
A web-based music player that sources audio tracks from YouTube and SoundCloud for browser-based playback.
MistServer
A streaming media toolkit for OTT internet streaming designed for developers and system integrators.
Openinary
A self-hosted media processing platform for on-the-fly image and video transformations via URL and REST API.
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