YouTube AlternativesOnly Open Source Self-Hosted apps categorised as Video Streaming Apps

YouTube is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are some alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best open source Self-Hosted Video Streaming App alternative is PeerTube. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to YouTube and seven of them are open source and Video Streaming Apps available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted Video Streaming App alternatives to YouTube are Invidious, Piped, AVideo and CumulusClips.

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YouTube alternatives are mainly Video Streaming Apps, but if you're looking for Video Sharing Tools or Video Hosting Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Online, iPhone, Mac, iPad, Android, Privacy focused and Android + YouTube Clients. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to YouTube.

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YouTube alternatives page was last updated Feb 12, 2026

PeerTube
538 likes
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.
70 PeerTube alternatives
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Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
Video Sharing
Video Streaming
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Online
Android
iPhone
Self-Hosted
F-Droid
Cloudron
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Top Positive Comment
Douze
May 14, 2022
10
PeerTube is the open-source technology that links together independent instances on which people freely host and post videos. Find an instance that suits you or create your own, and join the federated PeerTube community !
artiman
Positive commentSep 14, 2025
0
It's decentralized and made by a non-profit, and it has a way better search than YouTube and as seen in the name it has torrenting, so users can share the load of the server some of the biggest advantages of YouTube is the insane load the server can take and host so many videos peertube instances may not have big datacenters, but it clearly has good software
Festo
Positive commentJan 2, 2025
1
Ad-free, decentralized alternative to share videos.
3 of 38 comments
PeerTube is Free and Open SourceYouTube is Freemium and Proprietary
PeerTube is Decentralized and Privacy focusedYouTube is not according to our users
Invidious
208 likes
Open-source YouTube alternative offers ad-free browsing with no registration or JS needed. Features video download, audio mode, subscription tools, and multi-language support. Export/import data, manage playlists without Google account, and access embedded support.
56 Invidious alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
YouTube Client
YouTube Downloader
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Cloudron
Is Invidious a good alternative to YouTube?

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Invidious vs YouTube Comments

Top Positive Comment
TerrifiedTyphlosion
Feb 2, 2019
10
As the description states, it is merely a frontend for YouTube. However, it comes with a lighter interface and blocks YouTube trackers and ads.
Top Negative Comment
Alexandre ZANNI
Apr 13, 2023
7
Invidious is not a video platform but a Youtube frontend.
OnlyOpenSource
Negative commentJun 2, 2024
0
Invidious is a YouTube privacy frontend not a video hosting site like YouTube.
3 of 14 comments
Invidious is Free and Open SourceYouTube is Freemium and Proprietary
Invidious is Privacy focused, Lightweight and DecentralizedYouTube is not according to our users
Piped
83 likes
Ad-free frontend to YouTube offering channel subscriptions without an account, multiple playlist import/export formats, SponsorBlock integration, picture-in-picture, and privacy features. No Google connection, supports dark mode, is open-source, and requires no email.
67 Piped alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
YouTube Client
Video Streaming
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
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Guest
Positive commentMar 9, 2021
1
It's much nicer than Invidious. Piped is not a full YouTube alternative like LBRY, but rather a frontend that allows you to watch YouTube and only connecting to googleapis.com (not googlevideo.com like Invidious). It also has the craziest ad blocker ever. When you watch a video and they say, now it's time for a word from our sponsor or something like that, it fast forwards to the end of that part. It's insane, I have no idea how they pull that off!
Review by a new / low-activity user.
RemovedUser
Positive commentDec 14, 2021
0
If you want to watch YouTube content but don't like ads and Google's invasive data collection, you should definitely try Piped. It's super fast (faster than Invidious in my experience) and the Preferences allow users to enable SponsorBlock, an open-source crowdsourced platform that skips sponsored segments automatically, so that you never have to hear "this video is sponsored by RandomVPN" ever again. It's highly customizable, very similar to NewPipe.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Piped is Free and Open SourceYouTube is Freemium and Proprietary
Piped is Privacy focused and LightweightYouTube is not according to our users
AVideo
18 likes
It is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. It's written in PHP and you can create your own video sharing site and stream Live videos for free.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Video Sharing
Video Streaming
Origin
International
Platforms
Android
iPhone
Self-Hosted
PHP
Docker
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2comments
AVideo vs YouTube Comments

danielneto1
Positive commentApr 14, 2017
0
Very clear layout and help
Guest
Negative commentMay 22, 2019
-8
YouPHPTube is primarily for downloading videos from a url.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
AVideo is Free and Open SourceYouTube is Freemium and Proprietary
CumulusClips
8 likes
Free Video Sharing CMS. Start your own video sharing website with CumulusClips video sharing script. It's free and easy to use. You can build a YouTube clone where users can upload videos, rate videos, comment on videos, and much more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Video Sharing
Video Hosting
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Self-Hosted
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Akito
Positive commentJul 18, 2020
0
This one is not bad and not so bloated as most other alternatives. However, it seems to be not developed anymore. The latest release was 2017 and that is also the year the last commit was made in its Github repository. https://github.com/cumulusclips/cumulusclips
CumulusClips is Free and Open SourceYouTube is Freemium and Proprietary
Hyper 8
2 likes
Hyper 8 Video System - A static site generator for video publishing.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
Video Sharing
Video Streaming
Origin
Austria
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
+2
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NodeTube
3 likes
Nodetube is an open-source YouTube alternative that also supports image and audio uploads. Powered by NodeJS. Every shared content can be downloaded for free.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Video Sharing
Video Streaming
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Is NodeTube a good alternative to YouTube?

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