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CST+
Run your own 24/7 TV and FAST channels, self-hosted
CST+ is self-hosted software for running your own 24/7 linear TV and FAST channels. Point a channel at a folder of video, it renders once and broadcasts forever at near-zero CPU. Schedule mode, automatic EPG, server-side ads, and one-command install. Your server, no cloud fees.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm the maker of CST+.
I built it because spinning up a proper 24/7 linear TV channel usually means an expensive cloud platform or heavy broadcast gear. CST+ lets you do it on your own VPS. You point a channel at a folder of videos, it normalizes them once with ffmpeg, then loops them as a continuous broadcast using packet-copy (no re-encoding). Each channel runs at roughly 1 to 2 percent of one CPU core and about 54 MB of RAM, so a small server can run many at once.
It also has a schedule mode with a clock-accurate EPG, server-side ad insertion if you want to monetize, Xtream/HLS output so it plays on basically any device, geo-blocking and access control, and a multi-server fleet mode. Install and updates are a single command, and live channels keep streaming through an update.
It is self-hosted with a flat monthly price, no per-stream or cloud fees. I would love your feedback on the approach and on what you would want next. Happy to answer anything!
Folder-to-channel setup is impressively smooth, had a loop running on a cheap VPS in minutes with barely any CPU load.
Dumped a folder of family videos into a test channel and it just kept playing smoothly on my old box. The one-command install actually worked, which is rare enough to mention.
About CST+ on Product Hunt
“Run your own 24/7 TV and FAST channels, self-hosted”
CST+ was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #105 on the daily leaderboard. CST+ is self-hosted software for running your own 24/7 linear TV and FAST channels. Point a channel at a folder of video, it renders once and broadcasts forever at near-zero CPU. Schedule mode, automatic EPG, server-side ads, and one-command install. Your server, no cloud fees.
CST+ was featured in Video Streaming (11.9k followers), SaaS (43k followers) and Streaming Services (42.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 55.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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