Self-Hosted YouTube Alternatives
YouTube is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is PeerTube, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to YouTube and 14 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to YouTube are Invidious, MediaGoblin, Piped and YouPHPTube.
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YouTube alternatives are mainly Video Streaming Apps, but if you're looking for Video Sharing Tools or YouTube Clients you can filter on that. Other popular filters include 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.- Video Sharing Tool
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71 PeerTube alternativesA 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
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
PeerTube VS YouTube
Comments about PeerTube as an Alternative to YouTube
Comment summary: PeerTube is appreciated as an open-source, decentralized alternative to YouTube, offering privacy control and ad-free viewing. Positive comments highlight its federated nature, allowing individual hosting and linking with other instances. Users appreciate its potential for content creators and as a self-hostable video-sharing option. However, criticisms include limited content, performance issues, and a more complicated user experience compared to YouTube.Top Positive CommentTop Negative Commentmaurosoft391it's not a good alternative. depsite it's open source and ad-free, there are way to less videos compare to youtube. some searches came out with zero match or no videos at all.
Most Recent CommentFestoAd-free, decentralized alternative to share videos.
55 Invidious alternativesOpen-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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Canada
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Invidious VS YouTube
Comments about Invidious as an Alternative to YouTube
Comment summary: Invidious is highlighted as a privacy-focused, ad-free frontend to YouTube, praised for its lack of ads, trackers, and need for JavaScript. Users value its ability to let them download videos and avoid traditional YouTube's data collection. While it serves well as an alternative for viewers wanting a lighter and private experience, it doesn't offer features beneficial for content creators.Top Positive CommentTerrifiedTyphlosionAs 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 CommentAlexandre ZANNIInvidious is not a video platform but a Youtube frontend.
Most Recent CommentOnlyOpenSourceInvidious is a YouTube privacy frontend not a video hosting site like YouTube.
60 MediaGoblin alternativesMediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Sandstorm
MediaGoblin Features
MediaGoblin VS YouTube
Comments about MediaGoblin as an Alternative to YouTube
Top Positive CommentIt is a free/libre software that respects your freedom and the freedom of your personal data.
Top Negative CommentPoor in content, unused, not immediately clear, important structural difference that are not obvious.
Most Recent CommentClueless how it works and it would not upload my video when I tried the demo so there was no way to figure it out.
61 Piped alternativesPiped is an online frontend for viewing YouTube. NewPipe Extractor is used to retrieve information from YouTube. Piped doesn't connect your request to Google.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Piped VS YouTube
Comments about Piped as an Alternative to YouTube
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!
RemovedUserIf 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.
93 YouPHPTube alternativesIt is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. It's written in PHP and with YouPHPTube you can create your own video sharing site and Stream Live videos for free.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Brazil
Platforms
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Chromecast
YouPHPTube Features
YouPHPTube VS YouTube
Comments about YouPHPTube as an Alternative to YouTube
danielneto1Very clear layout and help
YouPHPTube is primarily for downloading videos from a url.
44 CloudTube alternativesCloudTube is an alternative online front-end for YouTube. CloudTube provides interfaces to display that data, like a video player, search listings, channel views, and subscription management.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
- United States
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
CloudTube VS YouTube
47 IPFSTube alternativesIPFSTube is a player and uploader for videos, stored on the distributed IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) network.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- IPFS
- JavaScript
- Go (Programming Language)
DiscontinuedThe last update is from January 2019.
IPFSTube Features
IPFSTube VS YouTube
Comments about IPFSTube as an Alternative to YouTube
It's not a good alternative to YouTube because the idea is upload a video, get a link and share it. That's it. It doesn't have a interface that you can search for videos and etc. Basically, it doesn't have the "social network" that YouTube has.
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 !