KodaStream

📺 Open-source streaming studio ✨

Curate video content into enaging live streams

🔥 Features

• Playlist curation
• Loop streams forever
• Attach timed metadata
• User friendly management UI
• Stream analytics
• Broadcast over HLS protocol
• Scales horizontally and vertically
• Copatible with popular CDNs
• Open API for automation
• Chromeless video player for branded customizations

Coming soon

• Chat
• Reactions
• Countdown to go live
• Scheduled start time
• Prestream image thumbnails
• Easy embed
• Beautiful social shares
• Restream to multiple platforms

🚀 Quick Start

1. Ensure that FFmpeg, PostgreSQL, Redis and Minio are installed and running on your system.
2. Clone this repo.
3. Create a videos directory inside the backend folder. Add any videos you want to use here. Two example videos can be found in the example-videos directory.
4. Setup environment variables
5. Navigate to the backend directory.
6. Run npm install followed by npm run start:dev
7. Call the REST API to create new video streams.

👩‍🏫 Tutorials

Learn how to create an interactive TV channel with our getting started tutorial.

🤘 In action

Watch and shop

Sneakinpeace.com uses KodaStream to offer a 24/7 live shopping experience. Viewers can watch together, learn more about sneakers, and even purchase items without leaving the stream.