install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mediamtx

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mediamtx

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/me/mediamtx/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/mediamtx

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mediamtx.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id bluenviron.mediamtx -e

Windows Package Manager source index · bluenviron.mediamtx · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Zero-dependency real-time media server and media proxy

Project links

Commands and aliases

mediamtx

history

Project history and usage

MediaMTX is a zero-dependency live media server and proxy for publishing, reading, proxying, recording, and playing back real-time audio and video streams. The official README describes it as a media router focused on efficiency and portability.

Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in December 2019 and its earliest GitHub releases are v0.1.x from December 2019. The project evolved from RTSP-focused roots into a broader real-time media router covering RTSP, RTMP, HLS, WebRTC, SRT, RTP, MPEG-TS, and Media-over-QUIC.

The project is intentionally operational rather than framework-heavy: the README emphasizes a single executable with no external dependencies on Linux, Windows, and macOS, while the documentation exposes configuration, authentication, recording, metrics, hooks, control API, proxying, and protocol-specific behavior.

Adoption history

MediaMTX became popular with self-hosters, camera users, home automation stacks, streaming experiments, and infrastructure teams that need a small relay between cameras, browsers, FFmpeg, GStreamer, OBS, VLC, and custom clients. Its official repository shows substantial public adoption, and the package input lists Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and Winget packages.

The project's adoption is helped by protocol bridging: streams can be published with one protocol and read with another. That makes it useful as glue in environments where cameras, browsers, media tools, and monitoring systems do not all speak the same media protocol.

How it is used

Users typically run the `mediamtx` binary with a `mediamtx.yml` file, edit configuration directly, override parameters with `MTX_` environment variables, or use the control API. The official configuration documentation says the release bundle includes the configuration file and that changes can be hot-reloaded when possible.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, MediaMTX is a compact alternative to assembling a larger streaming stack. A single packaged binary gives users RTSP, RTMP, WebRTC, SRT, HLS, recording, metrics, authentication, and proxying without installing a pile of media daemons.

Timeline

2019: Repository created and v0.1.0 released.
2021: The project is widely used under the earlier rtsp-simple-server name in Docker and streaming workflows.
2023: Executable and configuration migration to MediaMTX-era names is reflected in maintainer support discussions and user issues.
2026: Active releases continue, with the repository showing thousands of commits and broad protocol support.

Related projects

MediaMTX integrates with FFmpeg, GStreamer, OBS Studio, VLC, WebRTC clients, SRT clients, RTSP cameras, RTMP clients, HLS readers, and Prometheus-compatible monitoring.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: mediamtx.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mediamtx`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-07

manager version1.19.2

manager updated2026-06-28

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtxnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mediamtx
Version	1.19.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mediamtx
Homepage	https://mediamtx.org
Repository	https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx
Upstream docs	https://mediamtx.org/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx.git
Last updated	2026-06-28T12:20:45Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mediamtx
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mediamtx

nix profile install nixpkgs#mediamtx

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mediamtx

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/mediamtx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/mediamtx

scoop install main/mediamtx

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mediamtx

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mediamtx.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

bluenviron.mediamtx

winget install --id bluenviron.mediamtx -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mediamtx

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: bluenviron.mediamtx from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mediamtx.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install mediamtx with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget