HTPC Manager vs owncast

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HTPC Manager		owncast
	Project
-	Mentions	94
528	Stars	8,885
-	Growth	1.8%
0.0	Activity	9.9
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	about 22 hours ago
Python	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

HTPC Manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of HTPC Manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning HTPC Manager yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

owncast

Posts with mentions or reviews of owncast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-14.

Open source projects..?
1 project | /r/golang | 8 Dec 2023

The Owncast project is planning the early stages of some re-architecting in our Go codebase to prepare for future features. I’d love to chat with you about the project! https://github.com/owncast/owncast
Is there a way to... like... stream on Mastodon?
1 project | /r/Mastodon | 7 Oct 2023

Owncast is what you want.
Owncast: Free and open source live streaming and chat
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Aug 2023
Hello, I have a strange request. Would like to host a private stream to watch soccer games with some mates that are different countries. Would like something that streams 1080p with OBS. Dk how to do it or if it is legal.
1 project | /r/Twitch | 24 Jun 2023

You can use OwnCast https://owncast.online/ if you host it on your own domain.
MoneroKon 2023 is next week! Here is what to expect
3 projects | /r/Monero | 14 Jun 2023

The main stage of talks are planned to be live streamed on the Monero Community Workgroup YouTube channel and to an Owncast self-hosted server (URL TBA).
With Twitch committing suicide with their TOS updates, how viable is Peertube as a livestreaming alternative?
1 project | /r/PeerTube | 9 Jun 2023

it is, but OwnCast and OpenStreamingPlatform are probably closer to what Twitch does.
A common question about how to find repositories to contribute to
7 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jun 2023

I always recommend people to contribute to software they use themselves. For me that is self-hosted servers like Mealie (Python+Vue) and Owncast (Go+React). Especially Owncast is a project that imo is comparatively easy to get into because the setup is kept really simple, documentation is good and the maintainers are super nice :) There are some good first issues, but in addition to that there are also often "debug problem X" issues that imo help one get into a project quick because you'll read a lot of code for them.
Owncast v0.1.0 - 3rd year of Owncast to Stream Your Games using FOSS
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 30 May 2023

1 project | /r/Boiling_Steam | 30 May 2023
Selfhost Straming platform
2 projects | /r/Proxmox | 29 Apr 2023

I've heard of owncast have not used it myself but might be worth a try

What are some alternatives?

When comparing HTPC Manager and owncast you can also consider the following projects:

Emby - Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.

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.

Myflix - Myflix, a Netflix clone!

Ant-Media-Server - Ant Media Server is a live streaming engine software that provides adaptive, ultra low latency streaming by using WebRTC technology with ~0.5 seconds latency. Ant Media Server is auto-scalable and it can run on-premise or on-cloud.

Zoneminder - ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application developed for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras.

rtsp-simple-server - Also known as rtsp-simple-server. ready-to-use RTSP / RTMP / LL-HLS / WebRTC server and proxy that allows to read, publish and proxy video and audio streams. [Moved to: https://github.com/aler9/mediamtx]

Hellowlol HTPC Manager fork - A fully responsive interface to manage all your favorite software on your Htpc.

PeerTube - ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

Streama - Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/

Screenshare-with-audio-on-Discord-with-Linux - A repo trying to gather all info regarding proper screensharing on Discord with Desktop Audio for linux users

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube