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Build on top of Owncast
💡 Note: while we will strive to keep these APIs as stable as possible, it's still early days with our integration hooks. As we learn more and continue to make things that are useful to other developers we may need to make changes or break functionality. It's recommended if you're building on top of Owncast to stay current with the discussions and updates around the project and let us know how…
About the Owncast Project
In 2020 the world changed when everyone become stuck in their homes, looking for creative outlets to share their art, skills and themselves from inside their bedroom. This created an explosion of live streaming on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Instagram, and Twitch. These services provided everything they needed, an easy way to live stream to the world, and a chat for users to be a part of their…
Chat one-on-one about Owncast
The best way for Owncast to be something that's useful to the most people is to hear what people have to say. We have periodic group calls and events, but it's not always the easiest way to get your personal story, idea, or question heard so here is an opportunity to chat about Owncast on a personal video call. If you are a current or prospective Owncast streamer who is interested in providing…
Contact
Fediverse: @owncast@social.owncast.online Use any of the below options to get in touch with the Owncast team. If you're experiencing issues please open an issue. Drop by our chat if you'd like to talk with Owncast community members or want to talk through something in real time with those who may be able to help. Bug Tracker For any bugs or issues you'd like to file with the project. Create new…
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Documentation
For most people Owncast will be completely usable out of the box without additional configuration. Simply following the Quickstart will have you streaming in minutes. There are, however, handfuls of items you can configure to tweak the content of your page, the video quality, server performance and more. You can also extend Owncast's functionality by building your own bots, overlays, tools and…
Donated Owncast servers
If you or your organization has content to share with the world, but doesn't have the experience or resources required to run an Owncast server, we may be able to offer one, free of charge. Our Goal Aligning with our mission to create a streaming option that lives outside the large corporate services, we would like to offer a small number of free, hosted instances to streamers. Our resources are…
FAQ
1. Who is this for? Owncast is for people who are live streamers, or who wants to host live streams for others. It's a "one to many" broadcast much like Twitch, Facebook Live, YouTube Live, etc. 2. Who or what is this not for? Owncast is not for video conferencing or any use case where multiple people are wanting to see video of each other. It's also not a good choice if you have tight real-time…
Help contribute to Owncast!
Owncast is a growing open source project that is giving freedom, flexibility and fun to live streamers. Unfortunately the project is lacking in contributors and there's gaps in skillsets that we'd love to fill so we can get even better at building tools that make a difference for people. Current needs Web frontend development. UI Accessibility knowledge. Web UI/UX and layout. Experienced Go…
How to work on Owncast
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Owncast and your privacy
Let's make this simple. If you run an Owncast server, you run your own software, therefore we don't know who you are or what you're doing. If you opt to be listed in the Owncast directory, everything we know about you is what is listed publicly. When you access our web servers, such as reading documentation or visiting the Owncast directory, we count the number of views. You can see everything we…
Owncast APIs
Owncast Contributor T-Shirt
Thank you! Thank you for contributing to, supporting, using, and being a part of the Owncast community. As a small token the project would like to offer you a free Owncast t-shirt. There are two different styles to select from. Please let Gabe know if you have any questions. While he knows nothing about t-shirts he will do his best to help. Click the direct link if you'd prefer not to use the tiny…
Owncast Newsletter
Keep updated with the Owncast community With the Owncast community growing it can be difficult to keep track of all the different streamers, special events, tools, and new initiatives around all things Owncast. We plan to send out a newsletter periodically with project updates and featured community content. We'll never spam you or sell your email address. You can unsubscribe at any time. If you'd…
Owncast public roadmap
While nothing is set in stone, Owncast tries to set a relatively clear roadmap for future work and features. This enables the project to discuss things far in advance to make the best possible decisions as well as allowing Owncast users to know what types of updates they can expect. As time goes on planning for specific releases get more detailed, and it's very common for additional, smaller,…
Owncast Quickstart
Owncast Releases
Participate in Hacktoberfest with Owncast
Some of the information about Hacktoberfest was copied here from the official Hacktoberfest website and should be referenced for more information. What is Hacktoberfest? Hacktoberfest is the annual event that encourages people to contribute to Open Source throughout October. Much of modern tech relies on open-source projects built and maintained by passionate people who often don’t have the staff…
Trademark Policy
This document outlines the guidelines for using the Owncast® name and trademarks. While our software is distributed under a free and open-source license, this does not give an automatic right to use our trademarks in all cases. Trademarks serve to identify the origin of products and services, so it’s important they are used correctly. You may use our trademarks under certain conditions outlined…