Mux
Mux is an API-first video infrastructure platform that empowers developers to build and scale online video experiences. It provides tools for video encoding, streaming, content delivery, and real-time video analytics, abstracting away the complexities of managing video pipelines.
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2015
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Mux was created to solve the immense complexity, unreliability, and lack of actionable insights inherent in building and operating scalable, high-quality online video infrastructure. It provides a unified, API-driven platform that handles everything from ingest and encoding to streaming and analytics, making it accessible for developers.
- Platforms
- Android, Cloud-based service, iOS, React Native, Server-side (via various language SDKs interacting with REST API), Web (via JavaScript and HTML5 video)
Related technologies
Notable users
- CBS Interactive
- Robinhood
- Patreon
- Many SaaS platforms requiring embedded video (e.g., e-learning, fitness, social apps)
- Discovery Education