SRT source code, complete with building tools and tutorials, is for any developer who aims to deliver low-latency video streaming solutions for their users. This can include broadcast solution providers, video streaming technology vendors, enterprise video platform developers, live event production companies, OEM hardware developers, and any other developer needing low latency video streaming for hardware or software. Sample utilities are also included in the repository to accelerate trials and provide integration code examples.

Contributors from the open source community own it. The open source community reaps all the benefits of source code contributions; however, copyright and ownership remain with their respective contributors. The contributors grant licenses to others to use under MPL-2.0 license. The open source implementation of SRT is managed and maintained by the SRT Alliance.