{"id":"kmb32123-ffserver","name":"ffserver","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/kmb32123/ffserver","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/kmb32123/ffserver","category":"infrastructure","subcategories":[],"tags":["media","streaming","ffmpeg","rtsp","http","self-hosted"],"what_it_does":"ffserver is a media streaming server component from the FFmpeg project. It accepts configuration for streaming endpoints (e.g., live feeds, on-demand streams) and serves media over common streaming protocols such as RTSP/HTTP, using FFmpeg/Libav encoding pipelines.","use_cases":["Self-hosted live streaming (broadcast/ingest to viewers) via RTSP/HTTP-style endpoints","Bridging/relaying media streams to different clients or network topologies","Running a lightweight streaming server as part of a media pipeline","On-prem environments where external managed streaming services are not desired"],"not_for":["Serverless or strictly managed platforms where you cannot run a long-lived streaming daemon","Turnkey cloud streaming with automatic scaling, monitoring, and adaptive bitrate by default","API-driven applications that need a REST/GraphQL control plane out of the box"],"best_when":"You need to run and manage a local streaming server daemon and can supply FFmpeg-style configuration for the desired streams.","avoid_when":"You require a modern API-first developer experience (OpenAPI, SDKs), or you cannot tolerate the operational complexity of running FFmpeg-based services.","alternatives":["Nginx with RTMP module (or other RTMP/HLS setups)","MediaMTX (formerly rtsp-simple-server)","GStreamer-based streaming pipelines","Icecast (for specific audio streaming use cases)","Wowza / Red5-style commercial or managed streaming servers"],"af_score":21.8,"security_score":22.8,"reliability_score":25.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:24:48.926906+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Authentication/authorization is not clearly exposed as a first-class API in the provided package context. In practice, access control (if used) is typically handled via server configuration and/or network-level controls rather than OAuth/scopes."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source project; pricing is not applicable based on the package description."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":21.8,"security_score":22.8,"reliability_score":25.0,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":0.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":20.0,"auth_strength":25.0,"scope_granularity":0.0,"dependency_hygiene":30.0,"secret_handling":40.0,"security_notes":"As a streaming daemon, security is primarily concerned with transport security (TLS support/config), access controls, and hardening the host/network. In the absence of explicit, well-defined API auth/scopes, responsibility shifts to configuration and operational practices (firewalls, least privilege, log hygiene).","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":40.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["No programmatic control-plane interface (no REST/OpenAPI); automation typically requires managing config files and daemon processes.","Stream lifecycle/statefulness (start/stop, client disconnects) can make automated retries non-idempotent.","Operational issues (network/codec/transcoding failures) may surface only in logs rather than structured API responses."]}}