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Open source alternatives to Vimeo

We track 5 open-source Vimeo alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Kyoo leads on health at 94/100 with 279 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AAL, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.

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Alternatives
35k
Combined stars
1,195
Commits / 90 days
3
With Docker
Licence family Licence

Showing 5 of 5 tools

All 5 Vimeo alternatives, ranked by health

  • ClipBucket

    89 GOOD

    Start your own video sharing website (YouTube/Netflix Clone) in a matter of minutes.

    ★ 180 · ⟳ 5 days ago · 5.5.3-#182 · AAL

    DockerPHP
  • PeerTube

    87 GOOD

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

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

    Nodejs
  • 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
  • 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

Vimeo alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Vimeo?

Kyoo scores highest at 94/100, with 279 commits in the last 90 days, 2.5k GitHub stars and its latest release (v5.2.1) published 18 days ago. PeerTube has the most raw commit activity at 504 commits in 90 days.

Which Vimeo alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): ClipBucket (AAL), Owncast (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Vimeo alternatives run in Docker?

3 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Kyoo, ClipBucket, MediaCMS. 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.