CyTube vs Darwin Streaming Server

CyTube

Node.JS Server and JavaScript/HTML Client for synchronizing online media (by calzoneman)

Darwin Streaming Server is Apple's open source version of the QuickTime Streaming Server technology allowing you to send streaming media across the Internet using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols. (by macosforge)

Media Streaming Video Streaming

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macosforge.github.io

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CyTube		Darwin Streaming Server
	Project
29	Mentions	-
1,423	Stars	397
-	Growth	1.8%
3.2	Activity	0.0
7 months ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
JavaScript	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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.

CyTube

Posts with mentions or reviews of CyTube. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-28.

[Request] Please Join Me This Thursday (10/26) at 6pm Central For the No-HDTGM-Thursday Movie. This Week It's Scream (1996)!
1 project | /r/Movie_Club | 26 Oct 2023

userscript (you'll need this to view the movies)
[Request] Please Join Me This Thursday (10/12) at 6pm Central For the No-HDTGM-Thursday Movie. This Week It's The Other Guys (2010)!
1 project | /r/Movie_Club | 14 Oct 2023

Please join the discord userscript
Websockets for jitsi-meet in HAProxy?
1 project | /r/OPNsenseFirewall | 22 Mar 2023

Although, I can't get the same process to work for another service that requires websockets. (https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/wiki/CyTube-3.0-Installation-Guide) I may create another post about that in the future.
[Announcement] "You, boy, are arrogant, hot-tempered, and entirely too bold. I like that." It's THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993) and MOONSTRUCK (1987) !
1 project | /r/Movie_Club | 28 Dec 2022

If you're having trouble getting the channel to play, make sure you have the userscript installed.
Whoever wrote this needs to grow up & stop being such a melodramatic baby. Reading this was so cringe omg- true mediocrity at its finest.
3 projects | /r/Mobdro | 28 Dec 2022

all these websites are based off of this github project, it only takes a few minutes to spin up a new one
Web app to watch YouTube together
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 11 Sep 2022

Then there is also something different: https://github.com/calzoneman/sync (there is currently one hosted by the developers, but you can throw your own up too)
Hot & Steamy 90s marathon: Chicks, guns, sex and death! 19th February @4pm
1 project | /r/badMovies | 10 Feb 2022

This marathon needs the installation of the Cytube Google Drive Userscript. The installation takes around 2 minutes and it offers us many advantages.
[Announcement] Halloweekend VII: The New Halloweek!
1 project | /r/Movie_Club | 30 Oct 2021

make sure to get this first though: https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/wiki/Google-Drive-Userscript-Installation-Guide
Wrote and performed a dance... with 9 other people... at a live event! Easily one of my best experiences playing this game.
1 project | /r/ffxiv | 25 Oct 2021

We and our audience tune into a website built upon CyTube, open-source software for low-latency sync of music among multiple people. Other than that, it's just a lot of practice on timing macros, actions, gear set changes, items, movement, etc. with musical cues!
[Announcement] “Do You Like Scary Movies?” It's Scream (1996) and The Lost Boys(1987) !
1 project | /r/Movie_Club | 20 Oct 2021

If you're having trouble getting the channel to play, make sure you have the userscript installed.

Darwin Streaming Server

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

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Darwin Streaming Server yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CyTube and Darwin Streaming Server you can also consider the following projects:

Kodi Home Theater Software - Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.

Shinobi - :peace_symbol: :palestinian_territories: Shinobi CE - The Free Open Source CCTV platform written in Node.JS (Camera Recorder - Security Surveillance Software - Restreamer

owncast - Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

VideoLAN Client (VLC) - VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/

Myflix - Myflix, a Netflix clone!

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

MistServer - The official mistserver source repository - www.mistserver.com

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

puffer - Puffer is a free live TV streaming website and a research study at Stanford using machine learning to improve video streaming

SyncTube - Synchronized video viewing with chat and other features (one-channel web service)