The limitations, first
No Xtream UI or XUI One importer
Migration means rebuilding streams and lines, helped by M3U import with de-duplication and EPG matching. Thousands of hand-tuned streams cost real time.
Still beta
Version 1.0.0-beta.187 at the time of writing, release candidate in preparation. Releases come in bursts, sometimes more than ten a day: fast fixes, moving target.
Crypto or manual payments only
BTCPay Server (your store or the shared one) and manually confirmed transfers. No Stripe, no card gateway, no PayPal API.
Android only, sideloaded
Android TV, Fire TV and Android phones/tablets as an APK. No iOS app, no app-store listing.
H.264 only, HLS and MPEG-TS only
No HEVC profiles; no RTSP, SRT or WebRTC output.
EU hosting only today
A North America region is defined but not live.
You still run servers
The panel is hosted; your main server and load balancers are your Ubuntu machines. IPTVOS installs and updates its software on them, uptime of your streams is yours.
No published uptime, customer counts or benchmarks
None exist in the product’s own records. We will not invent them here either.
What IPTVOS is
IPTVOS is a hosted IPTV panel. The vendor runs the admin and reseller panels, the customer area and the shop at iptv-os.com (or on your own domain), isolated per customer. Your panel's database and all streaming run on your own servers: one main server plus any number of load balancers, set up over SSH from the panel in a few minutes, without Docker. Streams never pass through the vendor.
Technically it is a Go core with MediaMTX, FFmpeg, PostgreSQL and Redis on your servers, shipped as signed releases with automatic rollback when a new version is not healthy. Load balancers follow the main server's version.
What is actually shipped
Streams
Live channels from providers and sources with backup sources and failover; catch-up per channel from 1 to 30 days; 24/7 channels assembled from library titles with exact EPG; a movie and series library with TMDB metadata, request lists and Usenet acquisition (marked beta); VOD streams and "remote title" libraries that hold URLs rather than files; M3U import with review and de-duplication. One provider connection per channel is shared across servers, and viewers are routed to the server with the most room, GeoIP-preferred.
Compatibility
Xtream Codes API, M3U and M3U Plus, Enigma2 bouquets, a MAG/Smart STB portal with MAC binding, a web player, and XUI-style playlist URLs. Encrypted play links are the default, legacy Xtream URLs keep working.
Operators and resellers
Three reseller tiers with credits on a hash-chained ledger, white-label branding and reseller domains; a shop on your domain with trials, coupons, add-ons, reminders and statistics; support tickets with SLAs and e-mail replies; newsletters through your own SMTP or the vendor's mail with quotas; a public status page; notifications by Telegram, e-mail or webhook.
Security
TOTP two-step verification and passkeys for staff, ALTCHA proof-of-work on public forms, VPN and data-centre detection with per-line allow rules and ISP lock, account-sharing detection, a video watermark ("fingerprint") that can be burned into a channel for chosen lines to trace restreams, Cloudflare mode for panel and shop domains, and an audit log. Four internal security reviews were run in October 2026; they are internal documents, not a third-party audit.
Apps and VPN
A branded Android TV app built on the vendor's build servers, with pairing codes, hidden server address and a parental PIN. Plans include one, three or five apps. The app can carry a WireGuard VPN, marked beta.
Operations
Daily cloud backups of the hosted panel in every plan (every 12 hours on Enterprise), nightly database backups on the main server kept for seven days, a verified backup before every automatic update, Cloudflare DNS automation for panel domains, and vendor-side monitoring of status, backups and certificates. Five interface languages: English, German, Turkish, French and Spanish.
Pricing
The default catalogue in the code is three plans at 9, 49 and 99 euros per month with a short free trial, but the catalogue is edited by the vendor and can differ from those defaults. Check the current prices on iptv-os.com rather than trusting this paragraph. Every plan includes unlimited lines, load balancers and resellers; the differences are in backup frequency, mail quotas, apps and support priority.
Who it fits, who it does not
Fits: operators who want to stop maintaining a PHP panel, who are comfortable with crypto or manual payment flows, whose customers use Android devices or standard Xtream-API players, and who are willing to rebuild their stream list once.
Does not fit, today: operators who need a one-click import from Xtream UI or XUI One, card payments in the shop, an iOS app, HEVC or 4K transcoding, a North America panel region, or a product with a stable 1.0 release behind it.
If you are on Xtream UI, read our Xtream UI guide for where that software stands in 2026 and the XUI One vs Xtream UI comparison before deciding anything. A hosted panel is a third option, not the only one.
How this page is maintained
Every claim is checked against the IPTVOS changelog and source tree, and the check date is shown at the top. When a limitation above is removed in a release, we move it to the features list and note the version. If you find a statement that is wrong, tell us via the IPTVOS contact page and mention IPTVBlog.
Questions people ask
Is IPTVOS a hosted service or self-hosted software?
Both halves exist. The panel (admin, resellers, customer area, shop) is hosted and updated by IPTVOS. The database and all streaming run on your own Ubuntu servers, a main server plus any number of load balancers, which the panel installs over SSH. No stream passes through IPTVOS.
Can I import my Xtream UI or XUI One database?
No. As of November 2026 there is no Xtream UI or XUI One importer. You can import M3U playlists with duplicate detection and EPG matching, and lines keep their username and password when you re-create them. Plan the migration as a rebuild, not a restore.
Which payment methods does the shop support?
BTCPay Server for crypto payments (your own store or the shared one) and manually confirmed payments such as bank transfer, PayPal or cash. There is no Stripe or card gateway.
Is there an iOS app or an app-store listing?
No. The branded app targets Android TV, Fire TV and Android phones and tablets, and it is sideloaded as an APK. There is no iOS app.
Is IPTVOS out of beta?
No. The version line is 1.0.0-beta (beta.187 on 10 November 2026) with a release candidate in preparation. Parts such as the MAG portal, the VOD library, the in-app VPN and incident management are marked beta or recently left it.