# Chocobozzz/PeerTube

ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

Repository: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/peertube
Homepage: https://joinpeertube.org/
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: video, decentralized, p2p, angular, activitypub
Last push: 2026-08-25T14:41:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3961, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 16, "n_releases_24m": 30}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15277, forks 1852 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.492401+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, web-framework, p2p, video-processing, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development, privacy, social-media
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: video-hosting, activitypub, fediverse, webrtc, youtube-alternative, federation, decentralized, web-server, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- Chocobozzz/PeerTube (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.492401+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 2026-08-29T17:06:23.994407+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.492401+00:00, sha a0aa604f4a35)
  - homepage: https://joinpeertube.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:39.449552+00:00, sha 6d7bbf34dc0a)
  - site_page: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:39.461880+00:00, sha 19ad41da1232)
  - site_page: https://joinpeertube.org/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:39.459006+00:00, sha ea7a6952ecee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.