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

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.