PuMuKIT
PuMuKIT is a free, open-source video platform for organizations managing large video or audio collections.
What PuMuKIT is
PuMuKIT is a free, open-source video platform for organizations managing large video or audio collections. It can run as a complete site on an organization's own infrastructure, with a customizable web portal for viewers. The portal supports browsing by series and categories and can display related, most-viewed, and recently added videos. Publisher tools include drag-and-drop cataloguing, autocomplete, interactive forms, and UNESCO science and technology tags. An Opencast module supports presenting and cataloguing Opencast videos in the portal. Distribution integrations include YouTube and iTunes U, as well as learning systems such as Moodle and Open edX. Organizations can provide live event channels and keep recordings available for on-demand viewing. Playback supports HTML5 and Flash, and the portal is described as usable from Android, iPhone, iPad, and desktop browsers. The downloads page lists version 4.2.4 as the latest stable release and recommends it for production. PuMuKIT 4.x is based on Symfony 5 and MongoDB. Community support is available through English- and Spanish-language mailing lists.
Good
- Free and open source.
- Can be hosted on an organization's infrastructure.
- Includes live channels and on-demand video.
- Integrates with Opencast and learning systems.
- Offers publisher cataloguing tools.
Watch out
- Older 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x versions are unsupported.
- Community support is through mailing lists.
- Security certification or compliance claims are not provided.
Who it suits
PuMuKIT suits organizations that want to host and customize a portal for large video or audio collections. It may also fit teams distributing educational or event media through learning systems or live channels.
Verdict
PuMuKIT provides self-hosted media portal and publishing tools, including live and on-demand video support. Organizations should note the community support model and the unsupported older versions.
Plans and prices
From PuMuKIT's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PuMuKIT | Free | open-source · self-hosted · community-supported |
The facts
Each one read from PuMuKIT's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API evidence
- The changelog records API filters, event methods, and an external API override method, but the public developer guide does not provide a standalone API reference.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Container installation
- The installation guide requires Docker Compose and Git, then uses docker-compose build and docker-compose up -d.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Current architecture
- PuMuKIT 4.x uses Symfony 5 and MongoDB.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customizable portal
- The web portal can be customized and lets viewers browse videos by series and categories, with related, most-viewed, and recently added widgets.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Distribution integrations
- The product can automatically distribute uploaded video to YouTube and iTunes U.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Docker image
- Docker Hub lists a teltek/pumukit backend image with more than 10,000 pulls and a listed size of about 556 MB.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation scope
- The documentation project includes installation, user, developer and architecture, administration, migration, and third-party-bundle guides.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Event hooks
- The developer guide documents events for series, multimedia objects, materials, tracks, users, groups, jobs, and annotations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility model
- The developer guide describes Symfony bundles as the product’s extension mechanism and recommends creating or overriding bundles.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Latest stable release
- The downloads page identifies version 4.2.4 as the latest stable release and recommends it for production.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Learning-system integrations
- Official documentation names Moodle and Open edX as learning-platform destinations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: legacy requirements
- The installation guide still documents Ubuntu 18.04, PHP 7.2 paths, and older MongoDB guidance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: unsupported releases
- The downloads page says older PuMuKIT versions are not supported by the community.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Live and on-demand video
- PuMuKIT provides live channels and keeps event recordings available as video on demand.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Metadata vocabulary
- Publisher metadata can use the included UNESCO science-and-technology nomenclature.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Multi-node deployment
- The guide supports separate transcoder nodes and NAS storage for production-style multi-node deployments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Opencast integration
- An Opencast integration module provides a customizable portal front end and cataloguing for Opencast videos.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Open-source licence
- The main GitHub repository is published under the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Playback
- The portal supports HTML5 and Flash video and is described as usable from Android, iPhone, iPad, and desktop browsers.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company fact
- TELTEK Video Research’s LinkedIn listing describes it as a privately held EdTech company founded in 2008 with 11–50 employees and based in Vigo, Spain.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company relationship
- TELTEK’s LinkedIn profile lists deployment of open WebTV solutions using PuMuKIT among its specialties.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal maker identity
- The PuMuKIT site footer identifies Universidade de Vigo, and the university’s legal notice gives its address in Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: operational ownership
- Because deployment, storage, transcoding, and database can be operated on the customer’s infrastructure, the operator must manage that infrastructure.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device access
- The official site says media can be browsed from Android, iPhone, iPad, and desktop browsers.checked 15 Oct 2026
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