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Mux

Video API for encoding, storing and streaming video, plus AI-powered analysis workflows.

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Where it fits

Image & Video Hosting · Video streamingApps where video is the product — uploads encoded and streamed adaptively with a player and playback analytics.Trade-off: Usage-based by encoding, storage and delivery minutes; it's for video only, not images.

How Mux itself is built

4 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

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Who uses it

22 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 12 open-source projects that declare it in their code.

The maker says so 5Customer story 5Subprocessor list 2Seen on the website 11Declared in code 13How evidence is collected →
SukhaWork faster & happier in a global co-working group

“Really helpful with some of the 1:1 video stuff we were doing.”

Image & Video HostingMaker says so · source ↗
RallyVideo storytelling tools for product updates and demos

“Covers all the bases with video delivery, with Stripe-level developer tools.”

Image & Video HostingMaker says so · source ↗
SupercutFast and polished screen recording for teams

“We run all our video streaming on Mux - fast, reliable, and effortless. It just works.”

Image & Video HostingMaker says so · source ↗
UndiscordBulk leave discord servers

“Super reliable video playback with a clean React API, great performance, and less time wasted on video edge cases.”

Image & Video HostingMaker says so · source ↗
KooshRevolutionizing video embedding on the website

“Innovative video hosting helping to stream videos with fast speed to our users”

Image & Video HostingMaker says so · source ↗

Open source: a project that declares Mux as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.

What makers say

5 makers on why they use Mux, in their own words on Product Hunt.

Super reliable video playback with a clean React API, great performance, and less time wasted on video edge cases.
UndiscordSep 2026 ↗
We run all our video streaming on Mux - fast, reliable, and effortless. It just works.
SupercutSep 2026 ↗
Covers all the bases with video delivery, with Stripe-level developer tools.
RallySep 2026 ↗
Really helpful with some of the 1:1 video stuff we were doing.
SukhaSep 2026 ↗
Innovative video hosting helping to stream videos with fast speed to our users
KooshSep 2026 ↗

Alternatives to Mux

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CloudinaryApps with lots of user-uploaded images and video that need crops, overlays and format conversion through URLs.47 makers · image & video hosting
ImageKitAdding resizing and optimization in front of storage you already have, such as an S3 bucket.20 makers · image & video hosting
Bunny.netLow per-GB cost for storage, CDN delivery, image optimization and video streaming from one vendor.
sharpResizing, cropping and converting images to WebP or AVIF inside your own Node code, at upload or build time.Open source
imgproxyCloudinary-style resizing through URLs on a server you run, placed in front of your bucket and behind a CDN.Open source
CloudflareImage resizing and video streaming from the same account that already runs your DNS and CDN, through Cloudflare Images and Stream.Free tier

Questions makers ask about Mux

Is Mux open source or self-hostable?

Not open source, and hosted only.

Can AI coding agents work with Mux?

No llms.txt, official MCP server or CLI found yet.

Who uses Mux?

22 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 12 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗