The hosted live-streaming relay service has shut down. However, the core multi-platform distribution technology is now fully open-source and free for anyone to self-host.
Simulcast.me was a premium pay-per-minute streaming relay built to simplify broadcast distribution. Creators could stream a single RTMP ingest feed from OBS Studio or mobile apps and instantly split it to multiple platforms simultaneously (such as YouTube, Twitch, Kick, and Rumble). It was powered by Bitcoin Lightning micro-payments for pay-as-you-stream billing and utilized Nostr keypairs for secure, passwordless authentication.
To support sovereign creators and keep this utility accessible without central hosting expenses, we have transitioned the code to a self-hostable open-source project. You can now host your own private broadcasting relay for absolute privacy and zero fee overhead.
Broadcast your live stream to Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Rumble, or any custom RTMP/RTMPS server concurrently.
Automatically generates HLS streams using "copy codecs" (no re-encoding), allowing you to display your live stream on custom sites with minimal CPU load.
Built-in monitoring system automatically checks for connection drops or stalled feeds and restarts the relays seamlessly.
Designed to run under PM2. Outputs discrete error and status logs for easy troubleshooting and 24/7 background operation.
To deploy your own private streaming relay, you can spin up a simple Linux VPS (e.g. Ubuntu droplet on DigitalOcean) and follow these steps:
Install Node.js & FFmpeg:
sudo apt install ffmpeg nodejs npm
Clone repo & run install:
git clone ...
then run
npm install
Add stream keys inside app.js in the destinations array.
Start with PM2:
pm2 start app.js.
Point OBS to your server IP!