

PeerTube
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A free, decentralized and federated video platform that allows peer-to-peer video streaming. Supports interoperability via ActivityPub, customizable user interface, video embedding, and follows channels from across the Fediverse without data mining or ads.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- F-Droid
Features
PeerTube News & Activities
Highlights • All activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about PeerTubePeerTube v7 introduces redesigned interface, enhanced navigation, & improved accessibility
PeerTube has launched version 7, introducing a redesigned interface that emphasizes simplicity and ...
- POX published news article about PeerTubeDecentralized video platform PeerTube has launched a limited mobile app for iOS & Android
PeerTube, the decentralized video-sharing platform, has launched a mobile application for iOS and A...
- POX published news article about PeerTubePeerTube 6.3 brings audio-only streaming, simplified downloads, and enhanced subtitles
PeerTube has released version 6.3 of its decentralized video sharing platform, the final minor upda...
Recent activities
What is PeerTube?
PeerTube Videos
PeerTube information
AlternativeTo Categories
Video & Movies, Remote Work & Education, File SharingApple AppStore
- Updated Jan 30, 2025
- 4.42 avg rating
GitHub repository
- 13,392 Stars
- 1,546 Forks
- 629 Open Issues
- Updated Feb 3, 2025
Comments and Reviews
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I found incredibly complicated to use. Even worse than odysee. Tried from official website and it is not intuitive. I found link for google store in here but not in their page, i had impression this website was designed back to 1990, functional but many scrolls to see 5 thumbnails videos. And when i searched some keywords, sometimes i got zero results. “Moon” has very few videos fr example.
The federation model means sites can share videos with each other. And there's some good content that doesn't seek to "game the algorithm" like on youtube. But you have to be careful which sites you use because some of them definitely have some harmful stuff. (Youtube has harmful stuff too but I think people are more forgiving about it on yt because of the algorithm). It also sucks that you can't use noscript with it because peertube uses javascript.
The only federated youtube alternative. Having support for activitypub in a video hosting platform is a great idea
Awesome project, easy to make an account and publish video using a download url or import from youtube.
When you visit the Peertube site and see that Extinction Rebellion is a promoted platform that is a massive turn off straight away, also very odd because YouTube/Google is very much in bed with XR.
I was on PeertubeUK for less than two minutes when i stumbled across a proud and activly PRO-peadophilia channel. Three years later someone explained to me that it can sometime take the moderator a couple of weeks to notice and ban these channels. So i went back and double checked. Not only was "Peadophilia Is OK" still there, but it was in the most popular section, with literally one hudred times the views of the average channel on there.
This unfortunately is one of the trade-offs for decentralization - it attracts those types shunned from other services.
Reply written Jun 3, 2023
PeerTube is free (as in freedom) server software and thus, anyone can host it; as a result, FramaSoft does not have the ability to control who can use their software without compromising their ideals. This is an issue for whoever hosts the instance, not the software itself.
Reply written Oct 29, 2023
I notice the nonce defenders are replying to this comment.
Reply written Nov 1, 2023