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: embeddable browser 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
- Small native binaries with no runtime to install, ARM and embedded included
- Hardware-accelerated libav pipeline
- 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
Small native binaries with few dependencies, so ARM boards and appliances are a normal target rather than a special build.
Cloud-native
Use Kubernetes and IaC to manage MistServer nodes across multiple regions and clouds.
One player, many protocols
MistPlayer works out what a given browser supports and uses the best option it finds, falling back on its own when something is missing. You embed it once and stop writing per-browser branches.
Theme the UI, tune ABR ladders for your audience, and drive it from a documented JavaScript API. Playback analytics live in FrameWorks rather than in the player.
MistPlayer
MistPlayer
One embed that plays over whichever protocol the browser handles best.
- Adaptive playback pipelines with low-latency presets
- Embeddable player for any web environment
- 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.
- SDI capture hardware support (on request)
- Camera discovery & control: NDI, ONVIF, VISCA, PTZ (preview build)
- Automation: Parakeet transcription, computer vision hooks, and custom analyzers (preview build)
- Operations: clipping API, live DVR, thumbnailing, and load-testing tools
Next steps
Build your own stack or let us operate it
Bring MistServer into your infrastructure today. Get started in minutes, then schedule a call to tailor managed services, support, or training.