Red5 (media server)  Red5 is a free software media streaming server implemented in Java, which provides services similar to those offered by the proprietary Adobe Flash Media Server and Wowza Streaming Engine including:  The project started in September 2005 and as of 2008 is now maintained at GitHub. Version 1.0 was released on December 3, 2012 and is available under the Apache License (version 2.0).