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Product
MediaMTX is a ready-to-use, zero-dependency live media server and proxy for publishing, reading, proxying, recording, and playing back real-time audio and video streams.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Deployment
MediaMTX is available as a standalone binary, Docker image, Arch Linux package, FreeBSD package, and OpenWrt binary.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Free plan
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
Integrations
The documentation names FFmpeg, GStreamer, OBS Studio, Python, Go, Unity, web browsers, Raspberry Pi cameras, and VLC among compatible publishing or reading tools and sources.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Security
Release binaries have public SHA256 checksums whose attestations can be verified through Sigstore, and vulnerabilities can be reported privately using GitHub Security Advisories.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
License
The main MediaMTX repository code is released under the MIT License.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Company
The pages reviewed identify the project and GitHub repository but do not state a maker name, headquarters, or founding date.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
24/7 looping
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
API and metrics
The server provides a Control API and exposes metrics in a Prometheus-compatible format.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Authentication
Credentials can be checked against an internal configuration-file database, an external HTTP server, or an external JWT provider.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Browser-based studio
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
Cloud recording
NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
Custom RTMP destinations
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
Multistreaming
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · mediamtx.org
Protocol conversion
Streams are automatically converted from one supported protocol to another.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Protocols
It supports Media-over-QUIC, SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, and RTP for publishing, with several protocols also supported for reading.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Recording
MediaMTX can record streams to disk in fMP4 or MPEG-TS format and play recordings back from disk.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org
Supported desktop platforms
The documentation says MediaMTX is compatible with Linux, Windows, and macOS, and runs as a single executable without dependencies or an interpreter.Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org

Plans and prices

MediaMTX Free Free, open source No paid plans or usage limits stated on the pages reviewed Read 4 Oct 2026 · mediamtx.org

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