OwnCast

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OwnCast is a self-hosted livestreaming application that can be used to livestream from your own website.

IndieWeb Examples

• Matt Steele 2020-08-12 Indieweb Livestreaming your Wedding with Owncast. Description of using OwnCast with POSSE to Zoom.
• Aaron Parecki occasionally livestreams his 3D prints at https://printer.aaronpk.tv and other content at https://live.aaronpk.tv using OwnCast
• KmikeyM livestreams using OwnCast at https://live.kmikeym.com
• IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2021 was livestreamed with OwnCast on indieweb.live
• Jacky Alciné streams whatever he's in the mood off at https://live.jacky.wtf and uses restreamer to broadcast to Twitch as well.
  • As of 2022-08-27, I've been using streamd to manage interactivity with my site from Owncast

IndieWeb Friendly

• 2020-12-22 Aaron Parecki suggested using IndieAuth for login [1] [2]
• 2022-07-09 Version 0.0.12 shipped support for claiming a chat account using IndieAuth

ActivityPub Use

• Follows and likes show up in the chat stream (as of 2022-07-21, Jacky Alciné notes)

See Also

• live streaming
• video
• directory
• Browser extension to follow multiple OwnCast instances https://github.com/craftamap/owncast-browser-extension/
• how to install on Linode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWE7HGJQI_4
• https://gabekangas.com/blog/2021/06/an-exciting-update-about-owncast/
• https://owncast.online/help/