# arut/nginx-rtmp-module

NGINX-based Media Streaming Server

Repository: https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nginx-rtmp-module
Homepage: http://nginx-rtmp.blogspot.com
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-12-24T10:28:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5285, "days_push": 617, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14035, forks 3581 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.349086+00:00)

## What it is
An NGINX module that turns the nginx web server into a media streaming server supporting RTMP, HLS, and MPEG-DASH. It handles live streaming, video on demand (FLV/MP4), stream recording, relaying, and HTTP-based control and callbacks.

## Use cases
- set up a self-hosted live streaming server
- stream RTMP video with nginx
- serve HLS streams to browsers and mobile devices
- record live streams to FLV files
- build a video on demand server for MP4 and FLV
- relay streams between multiple servers with push and pull
- control and monitor streams via HTTP callbacks

## When to choose
- you already run nginx and want streaming capabilities without extra infrastructure
- you need lightweight RTMP ingestion with HLS/DASH delivery
- you want low memory footprint and proven compatibility with tools like FFmpeg, OBS, and JWPlayer

## When to avoid
- you need a full media server with WebRTC or SRT support
- you want a standalone solution without compiling nginx from source
- you need exec or auto_push features on Windows, which are unsupported

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, streaming, video-processing, middleware
- domain: media, web-development, self-hosted, backend
- platform: windows, bsd, self-hosted
- tags: rtmp, hls, mpeg-dash, nginx-module, live-streaming, video-on-demand, ffmpeg, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- arut/nginx-rtmp-module (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.349086+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 2026-08-29T17:12:51.975696+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.349086+00:00, sha 746a4ed1296c)
  - homepage: http://nginx-rtmp.blogspot.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:43.522318+00:00, sha 641bd1debacf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.