# mayeaux/nodetube

Open-source YouTube alternative that offers video, audio and image uploads, livestreaming and built-in monetization

Repository: https://github.com/mayeaux/nodetube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nodetube
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: youtube, alternative, video-streaming, audio-streaming, image-hosting, livestreaming, monetization
Last push: 2023-01-24T11:03:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3060, "days_push": 1317, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2365, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.549964+00:00)

## What it is
NodeTube is an open-source, self-hostable YouTube alternative built as an Express/Node.js application. It supports video, audio, and image uploads, livestreaming, and built-in monetization, using MongoDB, Redis, and ffmpeg.

## Use cases
- self-host a youtube alternative
- host videos on my own server
- open-source video sharing platform
- livestreaming site with monetization
- upload and share audio and images
- replace youtube with self-hosted media site

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted media platform with video, audio, and image uploads in one app
- you need built-in livestreaming and creator monetization out of the box
- you prefer a simple Node.js/Express stack you can deploy on Heroku or Docker

## When to avoid
- you need a large-scale, actively developed platform with a big contributor community
- you want federation or ActivityPub support like PeerTube
- you need a modern frontend stack rather than server-rendered Pug templates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing, http-server, web-framework, caching, file-upload, streaming
- domain: media, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: youtube-alternative, video-hosting, livestreaming, monetization, express, mongodb, ffmpeg, media-uploads, video, audio, nodejs, docker, web-server, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mayeaux/nodetube (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.549964+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:35:59.842550+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mayeaux/nodetube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.549964+00:00, sha c0c4ab2bbe61)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.