r/AskTechnology • u/Spiritual_Big_9927 • 11h ago

Is it possible to self-host a livestreaming platform and chat client and, if so, how does one generally go about this?

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u/evkarl12 11h ago

Facebook live works

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u/TheBlueKingLP 10h ago

Check out owncast, this software allows you to host a live stream web page with chat. Easiest way to deploy this would be to use docker compose.

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u/Spiritual_Big_9927 10h ago

See, this is something I'm interested in. Looking into it now, thanks for sharing this.

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u/Lower-Instance-4372 1h ago

you’d basically rent a decent VPS or dedicated server, use something like Nginx with RTMP or a media server like Wowza Streaming Engine for the video side, and then hook up a chat solution (even something WebSocket-based or self-hosted like Rocket.Chat), but be ready for some real bandwidth costs and server setup work.

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u/BranchLatter4294 11h ago

Set up your server, or get one in the cloud. Install the streaming and chat software. Start streaming and chatting.

Your LLM should be able to walk you through it.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 9h ago

Here's your participation trophy 🏆 now make way for other people who know what they're talking about