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Quickstart

Launch MistServer the way you prefer Self-host locally, provision in the cloud, or bring up a managed sandbox. Every command stays transparent and production-ready.

Launch MistServer the way you prefer

Self-host locally, provision in the cloud, or bring up a managed sandbox. Every command stays transparent and production-ready.

Docker Compose

Complete MistServer setup with hardware accelerated transcoding, sample videos, live generation and Grafana dashboard.

 git clone https://github.com/DDVTECH/mistserver-bootstrap.git && cd mistserver-bootstrap && docker-compose up -d --build

Open http://localhost:4242 for the MistServer dashboard, http://localhost:3000 for Grafana monitoring, and use the bundled load-testing harness when you want to push traffic.

View Docker quickstart

Linux Package

Install MistServer on Linux, including service unit.

curl -o - https://releases.mistserver.org/is/mistserver_64Vlatest.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | sh

Open http://localhost:4242 to configure your node, start streaming, and run clustering or load-testing tooling as needed.

View Linux install guide

Cloud Sandbox

Launch a managed MistServer sandbox on FrameWorks.

https://frameworks.network/

Open link

Connect your edge sources or test our enriched media platform.

Provision with FrameWorks

All OS downloads

Interested in pre-build Windows, Mac, Linux or ARM builds?

https://mistserver.org/download

Open link

Run MistController directly or use the OS specific service binaries

Installation guides

Documentation

Reference, recipes, and patterns Every guide is written by the engineers who maintain the stack. Expect detailed explanations, not marketing fluff.

Reference, recipes, and patterns

Every guide is written by the engineers who maintain the stack. Expect detailed explanations, not marketing fluff.

Getting started

Walkthroughs to ingest your first stream and expose playback.

API reference

MistServer APIs, integration options and automation examples.

SDK reference

MistPlayer, SDK, client integrations packages and more.

Automation & observability MistServer exposes APIs to control inputs, outputs, load balancing, and telemetry. Integrate with Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD tooling and stream metrics into Grafana or Prometheus. Our examples include real-world scripts used by customers in production.

Automation & observability

MistServer exposes APIs to control inputs, outputs, load balancing, and telemetry. Integrate with Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD tooling and stream metrics into Grafana or Prometheus.

Our examples include real-world scripts used by customers in production.

Engineer-led community We keep hierarchy flat. When you ask a question, you get answers directly from OptiMist engineers. Every suggestion feeds the roadmap. Meet us in chat, file feature requests, or sit in on quarterly roadmap reviews.

Engineer-led community

We keep hierarchy flat. When you ask a question, you get answers directly from OptiMist engineers. Every suggestion feeds the roadmap.

Meet us in chat, file feature requests, or sit in on quarterly roadmap reviews.

GitHub

Open issues, follow releases and browse the source.

Since 2009

Community

Real-time text responses from the OptiMist team and peer users.

Engineer-led

Roadmap requests

Share product feedback and shape the roadmap.

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