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PeerTube: Free and decentralized alternative to video platforms
Reviewed by Marcus Holmberg
PeerTube
joinpeertube.org 5.0 (5)
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Threat level
Hardened
A hardened pick. Worth the effort once you have chosen to shrink your footprint on purpose. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
The federated, self-hostable answer to centralized video, where peer-to-peer playback spreads bandwidth so a small instance can survive a popular video. That federation is the catch: there is no single search-everything front door, so discovery is fragmented across instances and content varies. The strongest pick for creators and communities who want to own their video hosting; less convenient if you just want to browse a giant unified library.
GitHub at a glance
Chocobozzz/PeerTube AGPL-3.0 activitypubangulardecentralizedp2pvideo
Stars
15,384
+14 this week
Forks
1,851
315 watching
Last commit
1d ago
healthy
Latest release
v8.3.2
8d ago, 100+ total
Star history
Issues
89% closed
681
open
5,638
closed
+23 / -28
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
840 commits, active 26 of 26 weeks
289 contributors since Oct 2015
Languages
- TypeScript 91.3%
- HTML 5.7%
- SCSS 2.3%
- Other 0.7%
Updated daily from the GitHub API. Star tracking since Jun 10, 2026.
Website at a glance
joinpeertube.org
C score 50
Basic website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 2d ago
Inspect this site yourself
Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
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PeerTube license, in plain English
AGPL-3.0 Strong copyleft · network
Free to use, even commercially. Changes must be published under the same license, and running a modified version as a network service counts as distributing it.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Patent use
- Private use
Requires
- Disclose source
- Network use is distribution
- Same license
- State changes
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: The network clause is the point. Anyone who runs a modified version as a hosted service has to publish those changes, so the code handling your data stays inspectable. This is why privacy-first projects reach for AGPL.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.