One ecosystem, three pillars
MistServer ingests and processes your streams. MistPlayer delivers playback. FrameWorks adds managed operations when you want us to run the stack with you.
- MistServer core: ingest, transcode, and deliver from one runtime
- MistPlayer SDKs: browser, mobile, and embedded playback with telemetry
- FrameWorks Network: managed automation, billing, and operations on top of MistServer
Talk directly to the engineers
MistServer is owned and run by the engineers who build it. When you reach out, you hear from the people writing and operating the software.
Need managed coverage? FrameWorks Network lets us run workloads for you while you keep control over infrastructure and release cadence.
MistServer
MistServer
Capture any source, orchestrate workflows and deliver globally with a single battle-tested runtime.
- Protocols for contribution and delivery: SDI, NDI, WHIP, SRT, HLS, DASH, RTMP/RTMPS
- Hardware-accelerated libav pipeline with a small footprint
- Real-time telemetry, analyzers, and a clipping API
- Cluster-aware load balancing and automated failover tools
- Hooks for captions, transcription, and computer vision enrichment
- Open source under a permissive public-domain license
Deployment patterns
Edge clusters
Run MistServer on the edge, scale horizontally, and push to CDNs or FrameWorks.
Hybrid control
Combine self-hosted nodes with managed services for analytics, billing, and orchestration.
Embedded
Deploy on compact hardware or appliances where power and footprint matter most.
Cloud-native
Use Kubernetes and IaC to manage MistServer nodes across multiple regions and clouds.
Playback telemetry as a first-class feature
MistPlayer captures quality-of-experience metrics, start times, and errors without waiting for external probes. Feed them into your observability stack or FrameWorks analytics.
Customise the UI with your own theming, add ABR ladders tuned for your audience, and toggle accessibility features with pre-built presets.
MistPlayer
MistPlayer
Ship fast-start playback with instrumentation and configurable UI components.
- Adaptive playback pipelines with low-latency presets
- Telemetry overlays and QoE reporting hooks
- SDKs for web frameworks, iOS, and Android
- Themeable UI with accessibility-focused defaults
FrameWorks Network
FrameWorks Network
Billing, AI processing, multi-stream compositing, and orchestration delivered as a managed service.
- Event-driven workflows for recording, clipping, and enrichment
- Billing and entitlement tooling for multi-tenant services
- Run on our hosted clusters or your own infrastructure
- Direct access to the MistServer engineering team for operations
Managed capabilities
Workflow automation
Event-driven pipelines trigger recordings, highlights, or AI enrichment automatically.
Monetisation tooling
Billing, entitlement, and packaging support multi-tenant SaaS scenarios.
Hybrid operations
Operate across on-prem and cloud edges with consistent observability and governance.
OptiMist engineers on call
Shared runbooks, incident response, and roadmap planning with the team that built the stack.
Integrations
Plug into the tools you already use
MistServer stays flexible so your workflows, partners, and preferred vendors remain in play.
- Camera discovery & control: NDI, ONVIF, VISCA, PTZ, and SDI capture hardware
- Automation: Whisper transcription, computer vision hooks, and custom analyzers
- Operations: clipping API, live DVR, thumbnailing, and load-testing tools
- Observability & billing: Grafana, Prometheus, or hook into your own Elastic, Datadog, and subscription platforms
- Ecosystem partners: OBS, vMix, Wirecast, broadcast vendors, major clouds, and CDNs
Next steps
Build your own stack or let us operate it
Bring MistServer into your infrastructure today. Launch a sandbox, then schedule a call to tailor managed services, support, or training.