Open-source screen capture and file sharing tool with recording, editing, and annotation features. Supports 4K, dark mode, theming, offline use, and offers a lightweight, ad-free experience without tracking user data.




DistroAV is described as 'Network audio/video in OBS-Studio using NDI technology' and is a Video Streaming app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DistroAV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best DistroAV alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DistroAV are VokoscreenNG, Universal Media Server, Serviio and Adobe Media Server.
Open-source screen capture and file sharing tool with recording, editing, and annotation features. Supports 4K, dark mode, theming, offline use, and offers a lightweight, ad-free experience without tracking user data.




VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.




Universal Media Server is a media server capable of serving videos, audio and images to any DLNA-capable device. It supports any device capable of DLNA and runs on all major operating systems: Windows, OS X and Linux.



Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.



Adobe Media Server software helps premium content publishers deliver their HD quality video to the largest audience possible across any Internet-connected device, with a streamlined workflow. The Adobe Media Server family revolutionizes media delivery with support for...
Streamlink CLI pipes/directs video streams (RTMP, HLS) from various services (plugin list available) into a standalone media player of choice. (VLC, MPV).
Red5 open-source is a free live streaming solution developed by Infrared5, also known as the developer of Red5 Pro and Red5 Cloud. Red5 open-source solution is written in Java and supports

Streaming media toolkit designed for efficiency, wide support (HLS, DASH, FLV, RTMP, SRT, WebRTC, more), crash-resistant architecture and ultra-low latency. Numerous integration options making it ideal for building custom solutions.


Livestreamer is a command-line utility that pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC. The main purpose of Livestreamer is to allow the user to avoid buggy and CPU heavy flash plugins but still be able to enjoy various streamed content.
Live video was always complicated, until now. StreamVoodoo is the simplest & best way to share a live video with broadcast quality from your Mac with anyone.




GMediaServer serves audio and video files to certain network connected media players. Most hardware media players only play music and/or video—they don't provide the media themselves. Those media files have to come from a device on the network.

