streama

Streama is an open-source, self-hosted streaming media server that lets individuals organize and stream their personal video and audio collections over a local network or the internet. It provides a web-based interface for browsing libraries, playing media, and editing metadata, without relying on commercial cloud services.

The project is designed to run on the Java Virtual Machine and can be deployed on standard servlet containers or as a Docker container. Users configure a local or network file system as a media library; the application scans designated folders, indexes files, and retrieves metadata from online sources. Metadata and library information are stored in a database, with an embedded database for simple setups and support for external databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL for larger deployments.

For playback, streama streams media through its web interface and is intended to work across devices that can access the server. It supports multiple video and audio formats and can perform on-the-fly transcoding via external tools to accommodate client capabilities. Administrative features include user authentication, access controls, and per-library permissions.

Streama is part of the ecosystem of self-hosted media servers and is often mentioned alongside Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin. It is maintained by an active open-source community, with ongoing development and user-contributed improvements.

See also: Self-hosted media server, Plex, Emby, Jellyfin.