# gerbera/gerbera

UPnP Media Server for 2026: Stream your digital media through your home network and consume it on all kinds of UPnP supporting devices 📱💻📺

Repository: https://github.com/gerbera/gerbera
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gerbera
Homepage: https://gerbera.io
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: upnp, mediaserver, upnp-av, cmake, c-plus-plus, gerbera, flac, inotify, duktape, libupnp, web-ui, m3u8, javascript, mp3, ogg, dlna, dlna-server, transcoding, stream, nfo
Last push: 2026-08-19T05:10:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4407, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 165, "gap_med": 55.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1390, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.574370+00:00)

## What it is
Gerbera is a free, open-source UPnP/DLNA media server that streams digital media across a home network to compatible devices like TVs, game consoles, and phones. It offers a web UI, metadata extraction, thumbnails, flexible transcoding, and automatic directory rescans, building on the legacy MediaTomb project.

## Use cases
- stream movies and music from my pc to my smart tv
- set up a dlna media server on my home network
- serve my music library to upnp devices
- transcode video on the fly for unsupported devices
- self-host a media server with a web interface
- stream media to playstation or android phone

## When to choose
- you need a free, self-hosted UPnP/DLNA server for heterogeneous devices
- you want flexible transcoding and custom collection layouts via JavaScript
- you run Linux, BSD, or macOS and want broad architecture support including ARM

## When to avoid
- you need a modern streaming solution with transcoding apps like Plex or Jellyfin
- your target devices don't support UPnP/DLNA
- you want cloud or remote access features out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, streaming, image-processing, audio-processing, video-processing, plugin-system, web-scraping
- domain: media, self-hosted, networking, web-development
- platform: bsd, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: upnp, dlna, media-server, transcoding, mediaserver, home-network, dlna-server, upnp-av, mediatomb, web-ui, metadata-extraction, thumbnails, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- gerbera/gerbera (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.574370+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 2026-08-30T04:39:38.885190+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gerbera/gerbera (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.574370+00:00, sha b0896a096902)
  - homepage: https://gerbera.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:16.279761+00:00, sha 3d3b718145b7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.