irlos
live

the stream server
that just works.

GPL. plug-and-play. built for IRL.

base: ubuntu 22.04 gpu: nvidia stack: obs · noalbs · srt · sls boot: <60s license: gpl-3.0
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pre-baked image

Ubuntu 22.04 base with OBS, noalbs, SRT/SLS, Xorg, Openbox, and x11vnc pre-installed. Flash it, boot it, and skip the setup marathon.

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first-boot TUI

A curses wizard collects stream key, platform, WiFi, SSH key, and VNC password with sane defaults. It writes everything once and stays out of your way.

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stream in minutes

NVIDIA hardware acceleration and battle-tested transport protocols are configured out of the box. The box boots fast and goes live without ceremony.

// PHILOSOPHY

SRT is GPL. SLS is GPL. noalbs is GPL. OBS is GPL. ffmpeg is LGPL. The authors of these tools released them under copyleft licenses specifically so that the community could build on them freely. I'm continuing that tradition. If you've been making money on top of this stack, congratulations — so have I, and so will future Irlos users. The license you've been benefiting from grants the same freedoms to everyone.

— ethan, irlos maintainer