Our Technology

Miro is free, open-source software, licensed under the GPL. We've built on top of excellent open-source projects and anyone is free to use our code to make something new. That's the beauty of free and open-source software.

Just as important as the openness of our code is the openness of the technical standards that it employs. RSS, BitTorrent, HTTP, HTML, and CSS are all open technologies that help us create a level playing field for video creators to distribute their work and for viewers to connect to any publisher in the world.

Video RSS is at the core of what we do and is a perfect example of openness at work. When Miro connects to a video publishing website, RSS is the language they speak. This lets Miro see if there are any new videos available and begin a download. Since RSS is free, public technology anyone can build software like Miro that uses RSS. That means that publishers only need to create a single RSS feed in order to connect with lots of different video players. With closed, proprietary technologies there are gatekeepers who control who can publish and who can watch. We don't think the internet should work this way.

For details about the technology behind Miro, visit the Miro Developer Center and get involved.