Restreamer by datarhei
The Restreamer is a complete streaming server solution for self-hosting. It has a visually appealing user interface and no ongoing license costs. Upload your live stream to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Vimeo, or other streaming solutions like Wowza. Receive video data from OBS and publish it with the RTMP and SRT server.
About Restreamer
From the project's README at github.com/datarhei/restreamer. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Datarhei/Restreamer offers smart free video streaming. Stream H.264 video of IP cameras live to your website. Upload your live video on YouTube-Live, IBM Watson, Twitch, Vimeo or any other streaming solutions e.g. Wowza-Streaming-Engine. Our Docker-Image is easy to install and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Datarhei/Restreamer can be perfectly combined with single-board computers like Raspberry Pi and Odroid. It is free (licensed under Apache 2.0) and you can use it for any purpose, private or commercial. Features User-Interface including login-security JSON / HTTP-API FFmpeg streaming/encoding the video/camera-stream, creating snapshots or pushing to a external streaming-endpoint NGINX incl. RTMP-Module as streaming-backend and hls server Clappr-Player to embed your stream on your website Docker and <a target= "_blank" href="https:/
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 5.0k | github.com/datarhei/restreamer |
| GitHub forks | 536 | github.com/datarhei/restreamer |
| Docker Hub pulls | 5252k | hub.docker.com / datarhei |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.4 years | since Dec 2015 |
| Last commit | 4 months ago | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 42 | last: 1.6 years ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 4 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Ready to self-host Restreamer?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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