# mediacms-io/mediacms

MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django and React, featuring a REST API.

Repository: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mediacms
Homepage: https://mediacms.io
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cms, django, react, video, media, audio, sharing, rest-api, mediacms, open-source, video-sharing, self-hosted
Last push: 2026-08-25T13:49:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2087, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 55}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5083, forks 952 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.582672+00:00)

## What it is
MediaCMS is an open source, self-hosted video and media CMS built with Django and React, exposing a REST API. It supports video, audio, image, and PDF publishing with transcoding, HLS streaming, RBAC, and automatic transcription via Whisper.

## Use cases
- self-host a video sharing site like youtube
- build a private media portal for my organization
- host an open source video cms with rest api
- run a media library with automatic transcription and captions
- create a course video platform for moodle or lms
- share audio and video with playlists and embeds
- deploy a self-hosted alternative to vimeo

## When to choose
- you want full control over your media data on your own infrastructure
- you need a ready-made video portal with users, roles, and workflows out of the box
- you need transcoding, HLS adaptive streaming, and subtitles built in
- you want LMS integration (LTI 1.3, Moodle) or SAML enterprise auth

## When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight static site or blog without media management
- you need a massively scaled video platform with CDN-level distribution
- you cannot run Python/Django with Celery and ffmpeg on a server
- you need a headless CMS for non-media content

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, http-server, video-processing, audio-processing, search-engine, auth, authorization, file-upload, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, media, cms, self-hosted, backend
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: video-cms, video-sharing, django, react, rest-api, hls-streaming, transcoding, whisper-transcription, lti, saml, video, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- mediacms-io/mediacms (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.582672+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 2026-08-29T18:02:33.995405+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.582672+00:00, sha 76432ae84153)
  - homepage: https://mediacms.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:39.928928+00:00, sha 7a3d0e1f5d7f)
  - site_page: https://mediacms.io/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:39.931535+00:00, sha 4594eb3fce46)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.