No. 20 of 166 ·Live TV streaming services

MediaMTX

Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Three barsScore 7.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely4 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

MediaMTX is ranked #20 of 166 in live TV streaming services on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

MediaMTX plans and pricing

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

Compared on live TV streaming services

Free plan: Yes
Multistreaming: Yes
24/7 looping: Yes
Browser-based studio: Yes
Custom RTMP destinations: Yes
Cloud recording: No

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The record

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.
Protocols: It supports Media-over-QUIC, SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, and RTP for publishing, with several protocols also supported for reading.
Protocol conversion: Streams are automatically converted from one supported protocol to another.
Recording: MediaMTX can record streams to disk in fMP4 or MPEG-TS format and play recordings back from disk.
Authentication: Credentials can be checked against an internal configuration-file database, an external HTTP server, or an external JWT provider.
API and metrics: The server provides a Control API and exposes metrics in a Prometheus-compatible format.
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.
Deployment: MediaMTX is available as a standalone binary, Docker image, Arch Linux package, FreeBSD package, and OpenWrt binary.
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.
Security: Release binaries have public SHA256 checksums whose attestations can be verified through Sigstore, and vulnerabilities can be reported privately using GitHub Security Advisories.
License: The main MediaMTX repository code is released under the MIT License.
Company: The pages reviewed identify the project and GitHub repository but do not state a maker name, headquarters, or founding date.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Live TV Streaming Services in 2026#20 of 166
Best Live Streaming Software in 2026#20 of 136

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Sources

mediamtx.org/docs/kickoff/introduction· checked 4 Oct 2026
mediamtx.org/docs/features/authentication· checked 4 Oct 2026
mediamtx.org/docs/kickoff/install· checked 4 Oct 2026
mediamtx.org/docs/misc/security· checked 4 Oct 2026
mediamtx.org/docs/misc/license· checked 4 Oct 2026
mediamtx.org· checked 4 Oct 2026