harlanc/xiu

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2319 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Xiu is a high-performance live streaming media server written in pure Rust, supporting RTMP (with clustering), RTSP, WebRTC (WHIP/WHEP), HTTP-FLV, and HLS protocols out of the box. Built on Tokio for async concurrency, it offers protocol conversion, token authentication, HTTP APIs/callbacks, and HLS recording.

Use cases

• self-host a live streaming server
• convert RTMP streams to HLS or HTTP-FLV
• ingest WebRTC streams via WHIP and play them via WHEP
• run a clustered RTMP media server
• record live streams to HLS (m3u8 + ts) files
• serve low-latency WebRTC live video
• publish H.264/H.265/AAC streams over RTSP

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, memory-safe alternative to nginx-rtmp or SRS
• you want multi-protocol support (RTMP/RTSP/WebRTC/HLS/HTTP-FLV) in a single binary
• you prefer Rust for performance and security
• you need protocol conversion between ingest and playback formats
• you want simple CLI or config-file deployment with Docker support

When to avoid

• you need VOD or transcoding features rather than live relay
• you require extensive plugin ecosystems or GUI management consoles
• you need battle-tested enterprise support at massive scale
• you depend on protocols like SRT or RTMP with advanced features not yet supported

Facets

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http-server streaming websocket auth middleware media self-hosted backend windows rust cli self-hosted rtmp rtsp webrtc whip whep http-flv hls live-streaming media-server tokio h264 aac gop-cache cluster video audio linux macos docker

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