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Last Updated: 07-10-2026 04:16 PM (UTC)

Restreamer

Point OBS or a hardware encoder at Restreamer's built-in RTMP or SRT ingest and it serves your website while rebroadcasting to YouTube Live, Twitch, Facebook, Vimeo, TikTok, LinkedIn, PeerTube, and anything else that accepts RTMP, SRT, or HLS - a complete self-hosted live-streaming server from datarhei. That multistreaming normally costs a monthly Restream.io subscription; here it's one FFmpeg process per destination on your own hardware. The web UI is genuinely approachable, with a wizard that walks beginners through camera setup, while professionals get the full surface: multiple audio/video inputs (USB, RTSP network cameras, virtual devices), codec and processing settings, separate audio muxing, and hardware acceleration via Nvidia CUDA, Intel VAAPI, or Raspberry Pi. Serving your own audience is first-class - a built-in Video.js player embeds in your site, a ready-made publication website streams without any embedding work, HLS chunk sizes are tunable, and automatic Let's Encrypt handles HTTPS. Viewer and bandwidth monitoring with limits keeps traffic costs predictable, and it's GDPR-friendly: no third-party provider, no audience data stored. A fully Swagger-documented REST API drives automation. SRT support keeps latency under a second.

Restreamer

Benefits

  • Multistream Without the Subscription
  • Publish to unlimited platforms simultaneously - the core Restream.io feature for the cost of your server.
  • Your Audience, Your Site
  • Built-in player and publication website stream directly to viewers without platform middlemen.
  • No Audience Surveillance
  • GDPR-compliant by design - no third-party providers and no viewer data stored.
  • Predictable Traffic Costs
  • Viewer and bandwidth monitoring with configurable limits keeps hosting bills under control.

Features

  • RTMP and SRT Ingest
  • Receive from OBS, Blackmagic, and Elgato encoders, with sub-second SRT latency.
  • Publication Services
  • Push to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok, PeerTube, and any RTMP/SRT/HLS target.
  • Built-In Video.js Player
  • Embed the stream in your site, or use the ready-made publication website.
  • Hardware Acceleration
  • Nvidia CUDA, Intel VAAPI, and Raspberry Pi MMAL/OMX encoding support.
  • Wizard Configuration
  • Guided setup from camera to live stream for non-experts, full controls for pros.
  • Swagger REST API
  • Fully documented JSON API for automating channels and processes.