owncast

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	<strong>Take control over your content and stream it yourself.</strong>
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	<a href="https://owncast.online"><strong>Explore the docs »</strong></a>
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## Table of Contents

- 📒 [About the Project](#about-the-project)
- 🚀 [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- 👨‍💻 [Use with your broadcasting software](#use-with-your-existing-broadcasting-software)
- 🛠 [Building from source](#building-from-source)
  - 🚨 [Important note about source code and the develop branch](#important-note-about-source-code-and-the-develop-branch)
  - 🗄️ [Backend](#backend)
  - ⚛️ [Frontend](#frontend)
- 👏 [Contributing](#contributing)
  - 💵 [Donors](#donors)
- [Security](#security)
- 📝 [License](#license)
- [Contact](#contact)

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## About The Project

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Owncast is an open source, self-hosted, decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options. It offers complete ownership over your content, interface, moderation and audience. <a href="https://watch.owncast.online">Visit the demo</a> for an example.

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## Getting Started

The goal is to have a single service that you can run and it works out of the box. **Visit the [Quickstart](https://owncast.online/docs/quickstart/) to get up and running.**

## Use with your existing broadcasting softw