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Self-hosted · WebRTC · LL-HLS · SRT

A media server you run yourself. Sub-second at scale.

creekX Media Server takes RTMP, SRT, RTSP and WebRTC in, and delivers WebRTC and LL-HLS out, with restreaming, recording, 24/7 playout and a REST API. It installs on Ubuntu 24.04 with one command and runs on your own hardware or cloud account.

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Livewebrtc · 1080p · 2.5 Mbit/s
→ YouTube · Facebook · RTMP500 viewers · 37% CPU
ONVIF · 4 cameras · RTSP
On air24/7 playout · channel 1

Products

Two products on one server.

Generally available

creekX Media Server

Live streaming infrastructure for platforms, broadcasters, education and events.

  • Ingest: RTMP/RTMPS, SRT with AES, RTSP/RTSPS, WebRTC (WHIP), MPEG-TS over UDP
  • Playback: WebRTC (WHEP) under a second, LL-HLS, HLS with an ABR ladder
  • Restream each input to up to 10 destinations: YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, RTMP, SRT
  • 24/7 channels from a video library, scheduled, with automatic top-up
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creekX Cameras

Video management for IP cameras: shops, offices, schools, warehouses.

  • ONVIF discovery and PTZ; any camera with an RTSP URL
  • Continuous recording with retention, played back by time
  • Live wall in the browser over WebRTC
  • Footage stays on your premises
creekX Cameras

Features

What is in the box.

  • Ingest

    Every common encoder.

    OBS, vMix, hardware encoders, phones and browsers. Pull mode for RTSP, RTMP, SRT, HLS and WHEP sources, with automatic reconnect. Backup input with failover.

  • Delivery

    WebRTC and LL-HLS.

    Embeddable player and watch pages. ABR transcoding (720p/480p/360p) on demand. Playback URLs for VLC, set-top boxes and decoders.

  • Recording

    Every live, kept.

    fMP4 recordings into a video library, renamed by template, copied to any S3-compatible bucket. Uploads by tus, transcoded to a house format.

  • Access control

    Who may stream and watch.

    Expiring and single-viewer watch tokens, guest publish keys, IP allow-lists per stream, network blocks, SRT passphrases, and approval by your own backend.

  • Integration

    REST API and webhooks.

    OpenAPI 3.1 document on every server. Scoped API keys, HMAC-signed webhooks, OIDC single sign-on, role-based access and an audit log.

  • Operations

    Built to run unattended.

    systemd service, automatic TLS, Prometheus metrics, health checks, encrypted nightly backups to S3, rollback on failed upgrade, and no telemetry.

Performance

Measured on 4 vCPU, not estimated.

Load-tested on a 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud instance, through the product's own API. CPU is creekX's share, with the load generators subtracted.

Workload Measured CPU
WebRTC playback, 1080p @ 2.5 Mbit/s 500 viewers 37%
WebRTC playback, 480p @ 1 Mbit/s 800 viewers 47%
LL-HLS playback @ 5 Mbit/s 400 viewers 20%
RTMP ingest @ 5 Mbit/s, recorded 49 streams 13%
ABR ladder 720/480/360 from 1080p 4 streams 64%

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Deploy

One command on Ubuntu 24.04.

Installs PostgreSQL, Caddy (TLS), FFmpeg 8.1 and the media server as a systemd service. Re-run it to upgrade. An offline bundle covers air-gapped networks. 

curl -fsSL https://creekx.io/get.sh | sudo bash
  1. 1

    Install

    Any x86-64 VM or bare metal. 4 vCPU and 8 GB to start.

  2. 2

    Point a domain

    An A record; TLS is issued and renewed automatically.

  3. 3

    Publish

    From OBS, an encoder, the browser or the API.

Pricing

Per server. Viewers are not metered.

Free trial

$0

14 days free

  • Every feature of the Pro plan
  • Up to 5 channels
  • On your own server
  • No card needed
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Pro

$99

per server per month

  • Up to 50 concurrent live streams
  • Up to 10 channels on air 24/7
  • Unlimited viewers (hardware-bound: ~500 WebRTC at 1080p on 4 vCPU)
  • Restream to up to 10 destinations per stream
  • WebRTC, LL-HLS, HLS + ABR; RTMP, SRT, RTSP, WHIP, UDP in
  • Recording, S3 copies, captions on the server
  • Guest rooms with up to 5 guests
  • REST API, webhooks, watch tokens, IP allow-lists
  • Email support
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Enterprise

Custom

volume and multi-server

  • Everything in Pro
  • Multi-server and high-availability planning
  • OIDC single sign-on and audit log export
  • Air-gapped (offline) installation
  • Custom stream and channel limits
  • Priority support with an SLA
  • Deployment help on your cloud or on-premise
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When a licence ends, nothing goes off air and nothing is deleted; changes wait until it is renewed. Prices exclude your server and bandwidth: see the calculator.

FAQ

Questions engineers ask.

What does it run on?
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on x86-64, as a systemd service with PostgreSQL 16 and Caddy. 4 vCPU / 8 GB to start. ARM64 is not supported yet.
Does it scale horizontally?
The API and video processing roles scale out today. Media delivery runs on one node per installation; edge relays for viewer scale-out are on the roadmap.
What latency should I expect?
Under a second with WebRTC (WHEP); a few seconds with LL-HLS; longer with standard HLS and ABR. Viewers can switch on the watch page.
Is there an API?
Yes. Every action in the UI is a REST call, described in an OpenAPI 3.1 document at /openapi.json on your server. Webhooks are HMAC-SHA256 signed.
Does anything phone home?
No telemetry. Outbound connections are only the ones you configure: platforms, storage, email, and certificate renewal.
What happens after the trial?
Nothing is deleted and nothing goes off air. Add a licence file to keep editing.

Install it, measure it, then decide.

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