# datarhei/restreamer

The Restreamer is a complete streaming server solution for self-hosting. It has a visually appealing user interface and no ongoing license costs. Upload your live stream to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Vimeo, or other streaming solutions like Wowza. Receive video data from OBS and publish it with the RTMP and SRT server.

Repository: https://github.com/datarhei/restreamer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/restreamer
Homepage: https://docs.datarhei.com/restreamer/
Language: HTML
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: hls, rtmp, video, video-streaming, streaming, obs, rtsp-server, ffmpeg, h264, rtsp, ffmpeg-api, ffmpeg-server, multi-streaming-server, rest-api, srt, streaming-server, streaming-video, twitch-livestream, youtube-livestream, videohoster
Last push: 2026-05-22T06:57:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3920, "days_push": 103, "days_rel": 719, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5174, forks 551 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.729826+00:00)

## What it is
Datarhei Restreamer is a self-hosted live video streaming server with a web UI, built on FFmpeg and distributed as a Docker image. It ingests video via RTMP, SRT, and RTSP (e.g., from OBS) and publishes to HLS players, websites, and platforms like YouTube Live, Twitch, and Vimeo.

## Use cases
- self-host a live streaming server without licensing costs
- restream one live feed to YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook simultaneously
- embed a live video player on my own website
- receive RTMP streams from OBS and publish via HLS
- run a streaming server on a Raspberry Pi
- stream privately with a secret link for my audience
- monitor viewers and bandwidth of my live stream

## When to choose
- you want a complete, self-hosted streaming solution with a friendly UI and REST API
- you need to restream to multiple platforms at once
- you want to avoid third-party streaming providers and stay GDPR compliant
- you run on Docker, including ARM/Raspberry Pi or GPU-accelerated encoding

## When to avoid
- you need VOD hosting or video-on-demand libraries rather than live streaming
- you want a fully managed cloud service without running your own server
- you need advanced video editing or transcoding pipelines beyond FFmpeg's capabilities
- you cannot run Docker or Podman on your host

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, http-server, monitoring, api-framework, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: windows, self-hosted
- tags: streaming-server, rtmp, srt, hls, restreaming, ffmpeg, obs, live-streaming, raspberry-pi, video-encoding, video, streaming, docker, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- datarhei/restreamer (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.729826+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 2026-08-29T18:01:50.255976+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.