jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer

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3247 stars · 1261 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A lightweight command-line streaming tool that copies JPEG frames from input plugins (webcams, Raspberry Pi camera, files, OpenCV) to output plugins such as an HTTP MJPEG server. It was designed for embedded devices with limited RAM and CPU.

Use cases

• stream a webcam over http as mjpeg
• stream raspberry pi camera to browser
• low-latency camera feed for octoprint 3d printer monitoring
• capture jpeg frames from a uvc webcam on embedded linux
• pipe opencv processed frames to a network stream
• view camera feed in chrome or vlc without installing server software

When to choose

• you need a minimal, low-resource MJPEG streamer on Linux or embedded hardware
• you want plugin-based flexibility for camera inputs and outputs
• you're streaming from a Raspberry Pi camera or UVC webcam to browsers/VLC

When to avoid

• you need H.264/RTSP or modern streaming protocols (RTSP/UDP outputs are non-functional)
• you need authentication or secure streaming on untrusted networks
• you need a full-featured video surveillance or NVR solution

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

video-processing streaming http-server plugin-system computer-vision media iot embedded-systems web-development embedded cli mjpeg webcam raspberry-pi camera-streaming uvc openwrt octoprint linux web-server

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