YT LIVE STREAMERYT LIVE STREAMERTwenty-one plugins across seven capability areas. Stream, schedule, monitor, analyze and distribute — all from one desktop app that runs on your own Linux machine or VPS.
Queue video files and stream them in order, on loop, 24/7. The engine feeds ffmpeg directly so playback is gapless and stable for days on end.
Assign different playlists to days and times. The app starts the right stream on its own — program a whole week and leave it running.
Layer branding and information on top of your stream without a separate compositor.
Point the app at an incoming RTMP feed instead of a playlist when you want to relay a live source.
Pull source videos with yt-dlp straight into your library — a full queue with progress, speed and history, no terminal needed.
Type a topic and a target length. It searches YouTube, scores relevance, filters, downloads and assembles a ready-to-stream playlist automatically.
Search YouTube inside the app and send results straight to your download queue or media player — clean column list, fast.
Prep clips and mark up long streams without re-encoding or leaving the app.
Create and run broadcasts from inside the app. It even creates the stream key and binds it for you, then drops it into the streamer.
A full reporting view with charts drawn right in the app — no browser tab, no extra dependencies.
Sign in once and see your channel stats, video list and recent performance at a glance.
Pull Super Chat events and channel members straight into the broadcast view while you're live.
Real-time stream vitals with live graphs, so you catch a problem before viewers do.
Save a local copy of your stream while you broadcast — no quality loss, no extra encode, using a tee in the pipeline.
Push the same stream to YouTube and other RTMP targets at once, with no extra CPU cost thanks to a tee muxer.
Ship a watch page with live chat that runs on the same box or a cheap VPS — your stream, your domain, your chat.
Move and sync videos, playlists and settings between your machine and a VPS over SSH, built right in.
A companion WordPress plugin lets you start, stop and switch streams from your site's admin — and show a live badge to visitors.
Separate Webcam and Capture Card inputs, each remembering its own device, with an in-app preview before you go live.
Broadcast your desktop with automatic X11 or Wayland detection and optional audio.
Overlay a webcam corner on top of your main source for a personal touch.
A token-secured REST server exposes the whole app — start, stop, skip, switch playlist, read status — for scripts, bots and dashboards.
Every feature is a plugin loaded from a folder. Drop in a Python file with a simple contract and it becomes a tab.
The full regression checklist lives on the web as a public status board — pass/fail tracking, notes and a live progress dashboard anyone can view.
| Capability | YT Live Streamer | Typical cloud service |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 — runs on your hardware | $15–50+ / month |
| Stream-hour limits | Unlimited | Capped by plan |
| Your video files stay local | Yes | Uploaded to their cloud |
| 24/7 unattended scheduling | Built in | Often add-on / higher tier |
| Self-hosted player & chat | Included | Rarely |
| Scriptable / API access | Full REST API | Limited or paid |
| Extend it yourself | Open plugin system | Closed |
Twenty-one plugins, zero subscriptions. Get it streaming in three steps.