Chocobozzz/PeerTube
ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 16
- age_days: 3961
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 30
Adoption not part of the score
15277 stars · 1852 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
PeerTube is a free, open-source, self-hosted video streaming platform that uses ActivityPub federation to connect independent video hosting instances into a network. It uses WebRTC peer-to-peer streaming in the browser to distribute bandwidth load when videos go viral.
Use cases
- host my own video platform instead of youtube
- self-host a video sharing site for my community
- join a federated video network with mastodon
- reduce server bandwidth with p2p video streaming
- create an ad-free video site without tracking
- run a decentralized video hosting instance
- publish videos on the fediverse
When to choose
- you want full ownership and control of your video hosting without vendor lock-in
- you want to federate with Mastodon and other ActivityPub services
- you want to avoid ads, tracking, and opaque moderation algorithms
- you want p2p delivery to cut bandwidth costs on viral videos
When to avoid
- you need massive centralized scale and CDN-backed global delivery like YouTube
- you cannot run and moderate your own server instance
- you need strict content control over a single centralized video library
- your audience is behind firewalls blocking WebRTC or p2p traffic
Facets
application · maturity stable
http-server web-framework p2p video-processing self-hosted media self-hosted web-development privacy social-media self-hosted cross-platform video-hosting activitypub fediverse webrtc youtube-alternative federation decentralized web-server nodejs docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube · fetched 2026-08-28 · a0aa604f4a35
- homepage: https://joinpeertube.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6d7bbf34dc0a
- site_page: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 19ad41da1232
- site_page: https://joinpeertube.org/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · ea7a6952ecee
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chocobozzz/PeerTube | main | 98 |
For agents
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