{"id":90530,"date":"2021-10-27T17:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=90530"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:00:10","slug":"owncast-twitch-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/live-broadcasting\/owncast-twitch-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with Owncast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-live-streaming-twitch-alternative-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Owncast Live Streaming - Twitch Alternative\" class=\"wp-image-90522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-live-streaming-twitch-alternative-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-live-streaming-twitch-alternative-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-live-streaming-twitch-alternative-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-live-streaming-twitch-alternative.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With complaints of inconsistent moderation standards plaguing social networks, many are looking to host their own data:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blogs with WordPress, Drupal, etc.<\/li><li>Social media instances such as Mastodon<\/li><li>Video sharing sites like PeerTube<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And now there\u2019s a self-hosted Twitch alternative \u2013 Owncast, a decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server application. The setup process is painless, arguably fun. All you need is root access to your <a href=\"\/vps-hosting\/linux-vps\">Linux VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#install\">Install Owncast<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#add\">Additional Server Configuration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#use\">Use the Owncast Twitch Alternative<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#admin\">Owncast Admin Settings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#broadcasting\">Broadcasting Settings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install\">Install Owncast\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/ssh\/how-to-login-ssh\/\">Log into SSH<\/a>.<\/li><li>Navigate to the directory you want to install Owncast (e.g. \/opt or \/root).<\/li><li>Run the installation script:<pre>curl -s https:\/\/owncast.online\/install.sh | bash<\/pre><\/li><li>To run the Twitch alternative automatically upon system reboots, skip to step 6. To start Owncast manually, navigate to the Owncast directory:<pre>cd owncast\/<\/pre><\/li><li>Start Owncast:<pre>.\/owncast<\/pre><br>When you close the terminal session, Owncast will close. Skip to step 11.<\/li><li>Create a service file:<pre>nano \/lib\/systemd\/system\/owncast.service<\/pre><\/li><li>Add the following data:<pre>[Unit]Description=Owncast Service<br><br>[Service]Type=simple<br>WorkingDirectory=[path_to_owncast_root_directory]ExecStart=[path_to_owncast_executable]\/owncast<br>Restart=on-failure<br>RestartSec=5<br><br>[Install]WantedBy=multi-user.target<\/pre><br>Update the working directory to the full file path for where you installed Owncast. Update the \u201cExecStart\u201d to the full file path to the Owncast executable file.<\/li><li>Save the file.<\/li><li>Enable Owncast to start automatically and start it:<pre>sudo systemctl enable owncast &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl start owncast<\/pre><\/li><li>Update the Systemd daemon:<pre>sudo systemctl daemon-reload<\/pre><\/li><li>Ensure ports 8080 and 1935 are open in your firewall.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add\">Additional Server Configuration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Install a free Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL certificate with Certbot for greater security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a web proxy with NGINX to negate the need to use the port number for the URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"use\">Use the Owncast Twitch Alternative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your Owncast instance in the web browser (e.g. example.com:8080).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Owncast default instance\" class=\"wp-image-90528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-default.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select the username in the upper right corner to change it<\/li><li>Select the chat icon to the right to hide the text chatroom (chatroom is enabled during live streams)<\/li><li>Scroll down with the mouse wheel or <kbd>PgDn<\/kbd> key to view the page content under the video stream<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"admin\">Owncast Admin Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your Owncast admin dashboard in another browser tab (e.g. example.com:8080\/admin). The default admin username and password are \u201cadmin\u201d and \u201cabc123\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Owncast admin homepage\" class=\"wp-image-90527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-admin.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To change your password, select \u201cConfiguration\u201d and \u201cServer Setup\u201d on the left. The stream key is your admin password. Type a strong password and select \u201cUpdate\u201d on the right. You\u2019ll then need to login again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-server-settings.png\" alt=\"Owncast server streaming settings\" class=\"wp-image-90526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-server-settings.png 958w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-server-settings-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-server-settings-768x678.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can also change the Owncast instance and Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) ports. RTMP accepts inbound streams on port 1935 by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To update the stream page content, select \u201cConfiguration\u201d and \u201cGeneral.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details-1024x576.png\" alt=\"owncast instance customization\" class=\"wp-image-90525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-instance-details.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Update the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Owncast instance name<\/li><li>Server URL (required to be listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.owncast.online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/directory.owncast.online\/<\/a>)<\/li><li>\u201cAbout\u201d description about your live streaming<\/li><li>Logo (also a placeholder when there\u2019s no video stream)<\/li><li>Whether you want your instance listed publicly in the Owncast directory<\/li><li>Whether you\u2019re live streaming NSFW content<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the right you should add applicable tags to help potential viewers find your instance when listed publicly. Don\u2019t forget to add your social media handles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the bottom you can customize the page content in the Markdown markup language and add custom CSS to further improve branding efforts for your instance. Don\u2019t forget to save changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Owncast page content editor\" class=\"wp-image-90524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-custom-page-content.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"broadcasting\">Broadcasting Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To set up broadcasting, select \u201cConfiguration\u201d and \u201cVideo configuration.\u201d Specify the stream output, latency buffer appropriate for your hosting plan, and codec. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your RTMP endpoint URL is \u201crtmp:\/\/OwncastURL\/live\u201d or \u201crtmp:\/\/OwncastURL\/live\/StreamingKey\u201d if your broadcasting software lacks a separate text field for the streaming key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Owncast video configurations\" class=\"wp-image-90523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/owncast-video-configuration.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need a broadcasting application to feed Owncast, we recommend one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/live-broadcasting\/streaming-with-obs\/\">Install Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)<\/a> on your computer<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/live-broadcasting\/install-jitsi-meet-ubuntu-server\/\">Install Jitsi Meet<\/a> on a cloud server<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/live-broadcasting\/jitsi-meet\/\">Create a Jitsi Meeting<\/a> with the free Meet.jit.si web application (no account required)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\"><p>With our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/cloud-vps\">Cloud Server Hosting<\/a>, you can deploy a lightning-fast, reliable cloud platform with built-in redundancy \u2013 ensuring the availability of your environment!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With complaints of inconsistent moderation standards plaguing social networks, many are looking to host their own data: Blogs with WordPress, Drupal, etc. Social media instances such as Mastodon Video sharing sites like PeerTube And now there\u2019s a self-hosted Twitch alternative &#8211; Owncast, a decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server application. 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