Answer-first summary49/100 GEO
Owncast
Self-hosted live streaming server.
Your Citability Score
49/100Identity60/100
Evidence45/100
Trust15/100
Freshness50/100
Classification80/100
What to improve to rank higher
- Identity: Add: Logo, Founder / Team, Social links.
- Evidence: Add: At least one evidence link, Multiple evidence sources, Demo URL.
- Trust: Add: Contact information, Support URL, Privacy policy, Terms of service.
- Freshness: Add: Has version number, Launch date provided, Reviewed within 90 days.
- Classification: Add: At least 2 tags.
Promotion (Boost) does not change this score — it only changes ordering. This number reflects real, verifiable citability.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Owncast?
- Self-hosted live streaming server.
- What does Owncast do?
- Free, open-source, self-hosted live video streaming and chat server as an alternative to Twitch.
- Who is Owncast for?
- Creators, communities, and organizations that want to self-host their own live streaming server and control their audience experience.
- Is Owncast verified?
- Owncast is listed on CitableHub with a citability score of 49/100, computed from verifiable profile evidence.
Owncast
InvitedSelf-hosted live streaming server.
MediaCH-VER-287014Listed September 10, 2026
AI-Extractable Summary
What:Self-hosted live streaming server.
For whom:Creators, communities, and organizations that want to self-host their own live streaming server and control their audience experience
Key outcome:Launch a fully branded live streaming service you control, with built-in chat and video playback, without depending on a third-party platform
Category:Media
Structured for AI systems to extract and cite.
Citability Score
49/100
60
Identity45
Evidence15
Trust50
Freshness80
Classification53
Impressions
0
Clicks
0
Likes
0
GQI Earned
Citable Outcome
Launch a fully branded live streaming service you control, with built-in chat and video playback, without depending on a third-party platform.
About
Free, open-source, self-hosted live video streaming and chat server as an alternative to Twitch.
Target Audience: Creators, communities, and organizations that want to self-host their own live streaming server and control their audience experience.
Not ideal for: Teams that want a fully managed, no-setup streaming service and do not have the ability to host or maintain their own server.
What makes it different
- Fully self-hosted, so you control your infrastructure and data
- Open-source and independent of proprietary streaming platforms
- Built-in live chat and stream page experience out of the box
- Designed to reduce platform lock-in while supporting branded broadcasts
Tags & Classification
live event streamingcommunity broadcastsconference streaminginternal company livestreamsbranded video channels
creatorsdeveloperscommunitiesorganizations
mediaeducationnonprofittechnology
Platform: PlatformModel: Open Source
Links & Transparency
Cite this Project
BibTeX
@misc{citablehub_owncast,
title = {Owncast},
url = {https://citablehub.com/p/owncast},
note = {Listed September 10, 2026. CitableHub ID: CH-VER-287014},
year = {2026}
}APA
Owncast. (2026). CitableHub Software Index. https://citablehub.com/p/owncast.
MLA
"Owncast." CitableHub, 2026, https://citablehub.com/p/owncast.