live from streamer university

click one button.
go live anywhere.

No tech headaches, no coding, no setup. The server and the backpack arrive working. All of it is GPL-3.0. The source is on GitHub and the license lets you do anything with it, including compete with me.

go live read the source the .iso is free
500+streams served
99.99%relay uptime
user@irlos:~$ irlos clients --live

who's running it

@Adrian2Originalirl

Bought the first backpack I built. Still streams on it.

@YaBoyyWillirl

Streamed from Streamer University on IRLOS Cloud.

@NickYardyirl

Streams IRL full time on an IRLOS relay.

user@irlos:~$ journalctl -u irlosd -f
cold boot to live
[ 0.000] irlosd 0.9.2 starting
[ 4.102] modem0: sim present, registered on carrier
[ 6.351] uplink: 22.4 mbit/s up, 41 ms rtt [ ok ]
[ 7.804] encoder: h264 hardware, 1080p60 [ ok ]
[ 9.117] srt: handshake complete, relay connected [ ok ]
[ 9.902] irlosd: idle, waiting on STREAM button
>> gpio17: STREAM pressed
[ 0.418] bitrate: adaptive 2500-6000 kbit/s
[ 0.607] scene: live
● LIVE 1080p60 · 5800 kbit/s · 0 dropped frames
user@irlos:~$ cat SETUP.md

setup

The bag ships assembled and flashed. You add a SIM and a camera.

01 /

drop in a sim

Any carrier, any prepaid data plan. The modem is inside the bag.

02 /

enter your stream key

First boot asks for your stream key and platform. It saves them and never asks again.

03 /

press the button

The button on the strap starts and stops the stream. When signal drops, bitrate drops with it and the stream stays up.

user@irlos:~$ irlos list --available
packagecostcontentsinstall
irlos-isoself-host
free
The full OS. Runs on your own hardware.
  • Bootable image
  • OBS, SRT/SLS, noalbs preconfigured
  • First-boot setup wizard
  • Community support
download 1.8 gb · sha256
irlos-cloudmanaged server
$30/mo
Your own machine in the cloud, one button press from live. Provisioned the day you pay.
  • IrlosStudio with full scenes, sources and overlays
  • Web control panel, nothing to install
  • Dedicated SRT ingest, forward anywhere
  • Automatic bitrate management
  • Chat commands: start, stop, bitrate, scene
  • You email me when something breaks
subscribe cancel any time
irlos-backpackfirst run · limited
$1,200
Assembled and tested before it ships. You add a SIM and a camera.
  • Orange Pi 5 Plus, hardware 1080p60 encode
  • Internal 4G modem and antennas
  • Swappable 25,000mAh USB-C battery
  • Physical STREAM button on the strap
  • 3 months of IRLOS Cloud included
buy ships by TBD
ships by TBD · backpacks are built to order, final sale · every package runs the same GPL-3.0 source
user@irlos:~$ cat HONEST.txt

before you buy

Short answers to the questions I get most.

who it's for
New IRL streamers who don't want to build a rig, and tinkerers who want one they can open up.
connection
Single SIM, single modem. The software supports a second USB modem for bonding if you add one later.
not for
Multi-carrier bonding out of the box. If you need three carriers on day one, buy a pro rig instead.
compute
Orange Pi 5 Plus · hardware h264 encode at 1080p60
power
USB-C PD battery pack, swappable mid-stream. Certified cells, not a homemade assembly.
you supply
A SIM with a data plan, and a camera
license
GPL-3.0. You're paying for assembly, hosting and support. The software is free for everyone, including people who never pay me.
user@irlos:~$ cat LICENSE.rationale

SRT is GPL. SLS is GPL. noalbs is GPL. OBS is GPL. ffmpeg is LGPL. The authors released these under copyleft specifically so the community could build on them freely. I'm continuing that tradition.

If you've been making money on top of this stack, good. So have I, and so will IRLOS users. The license you've been benefiting from grants the same freedoms to everyone.

ethan, irlos maintainer