owncast

Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. Point your live stream at a server you personally control and regain ownership over your content.

Up and Running

version: "3.8"
services:
  owncast:
    image: owncast/owncast:0.1.3
    command: /app/owncast -backupdir=/app/data -database=/app/data/database.db
    ports:
      - "1935:1935"
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data
    restart: unless-stopped

$ mkdir -p data
$ chown -R 101:101 data
$ docker compose up -d

Using with OBS / Streamlabs

OBS is a pretty good piece of free software that will get you streaming from your own computer right away.

Install OBS or Streamlabs OBS and get it working with your local setup.
Open OBS Settings and go to “Stream”.
Select “Custom…” as the service.
Enter the URL of the server running your streaming service in the format of rtmp://myserver.net/live.
Enter your “Stream Key” that matches the key you put in your config.yaml file.
Start the server.
Press “Start Streaming” (OBS) or “Go Live” (Streamlabs) on OBS.

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owncast

Up and Running

Using with OBS / Streamlabs

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