Turn DVB-S/S2/T/T2/C tuners into HTTP-TS and UDP streams with a modern web UI, EPG and a built-in playlist. No ffmpeg. No dependencies. One command to install.
A lightweight, self-hosted IPTV server — a modern alternative to Astra and Flussonic.
DVB-S, S2, T, T2 and C with full Linux DVB v5 stats — signal, quality, BER, SNR per tuner.
Fan out each channel as HTTP-TS or UDP/multicast, plus a one-click /playlist.m3u of every stream.
Manage tuners and streams, watch live signal/quality, client sessions, logs and EPG from the browser.
No ffmpeg, no Python, no libc. sudo ./nova-core -install drops a systemd service and you're live.
Harvest and serve XMLTV with per-source scheduling — no extra grabber to wire up.
Runs a 60+ stream headend on a low-power APU. Bitrate-aware buffering, tuned GC, near-zero idle.
No internet required — streams rock-solid on an isolated LAN. Perfect for air-gapped, hospitality, maritime and secure sites.
Engineered to run for months unattended. Bounded memory, no leaks, an optional nightly auto-refresh — set it and forget it.
Recovers on its own after a signal drop — auto re-tunes a stuck demod and rebuilds the stream. No more 3 a.m. call-outs.
Anywhere DVB signal needs to become IP streams — from a single rack box.
Distribute satellite and terrestrial channels to every room over IP — no coax run, no set-top box per TV.
A lean IPTV headend that turns DVB-S2/T2/C muxes into HTTP-TS and UDP multicast for your subscriber network.
Feed live TV to a university, hospital or office network from one rack-mounted box with a clean web UI.
Pull feeds off satellite for monitoring, contribution or re-distribution — with full per-tuner signal and quality telemetry.
Run your own free-to-air headend on a Raspberry Pi or mini-PC and watch the whole lineup from one M3U playlist.
The same headend workflow with a modern UI and no licence fee for the FTA core — move over without re-learning everything.
# Download the build for your CPU, then: tar -xzf nova-core-linux-amd64.tar.gz sudo ./nova-core -install # Open the printed URL and log in. That's it.
The footprint of DVBlast, the workflow of Astra, the polish of neither.
| Nova Core | Astra | Flussonic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free core | Commercial | $$$ |
| Footprint | Single binary | Binary + Lua | Heavy |
| Modern web UI | ✓ | dated | ✓ |
| DVB-S/S2/T/T2/C | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EPG (XMLTV) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ARM / low-power | ✓ | partial | ✗ |
| No dependencies | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
The core is free for free-to-air DVB→IP. Enterprise adds conditional access and operator features.
Tell us about your headend — tuners, channels, descrambling needs — and we'll get back to you.