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Open source alternatives to Loom

We track 4 open-source Loom alternatives, of which 3 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. PeerTube leads on health at 87/100 with 504 commits in the last 90 days; across all 4 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, MIT.

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Alternatives
37k
Combined stars
878
Commits / 90 days
2
With Docker
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Showing 4 of 4 tools

All 4 Loom alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    PeerTube

    87 GOOD

    Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser.

    ★ 15k · ⟳ today · v8.2.4 · AGPL-3.0

    Nodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Owncast

    86 GOOD

    Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.

    ★ 12k · ⟳ today · v0.3.0 · MIT

    Go
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • MediaCMS

    75 GOOD

    Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.

    ★ 5.1k · ⟳ yesterday · v8.4.0 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Restreamer

    35 STALE

    Access H.264 real-time video streaming on your website without a streaming provider.

    ★ 5.2k · ⟳ 4 months ago · v2.12.0 · Apache-2.0

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Loom alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Loom?

PeerTube scores highest at 87/100, with 504 commits in the last 90 days, 15k GitHub stars and its latest release (v8.2.4) published 1 months ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Loom alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 4 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Owncast (MIT), Restreamer (Apache-2.0). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Loom alternatives run in Docker?

2 of 4 publish a Docker image or Compose file: MediaCMS, Restreamer. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.