# benwilber/boltstream

Boltstream Live Video Streaming Website + Backend

Repository: https://github.com/benwilber/boltstream
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/boltstream
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-06-14T14:25:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2096, "days_push": 1906, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1749, forks 130 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.985776+00:00)

## What it is
Boltstream is a self-hosted live video streaming platform combining a Django web application with nginx-rtmp for RTMP ingest and HLS playback. It supports multiple simultaneous streams, AES-128 encrypted HLS, VOD recording and clipping, and timed metadata via WebVTT.

## Use cases
- self-host a live streaming site like twitch
- stream from OBS via RTMP to my own server
- serve HLS playback to viewers
- record live streams as VODs
- encrypt HLS segments for pay-per-view
- sync chat messages to live video with timed metadata

## When to choose
- you want full control and ownership of your live streaming infrastructure
- you need RTMP ingest with standard HLS playback
- you want VOD recording and live clipping built in
- you're comfortable deploying with Terraform and Ansible on a cloud VM

## When to avoid
- you need a turnkey, actively maintained product with Docker support out of the box
- you need massive scale with adaptive bitrate transcoding clusters
- you want a managed service with no infrastructure work
- you need frequent updates or community support - the project has seen little activity since 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, streaming, http-server, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: live-streaming, rtmp, hls, nginx-rtmp, django, ffmpeg, vod, terraform, ansible, video, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- benwilber/boltstream (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.985776+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:28:46.511579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/benwilber/boltstream (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.985776+00:00, sha 0acf753289d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.