PeerTube is a free, federated video platform. You run (or join) an instance, upload or watch videos, and subscribe across the network via ActivityPub. Playback can use peer-to-peer so popular videos do not depend on a single company's bandwidth.
NGI0 Discovery funded PeerTube 4 work (live streaming, search, channel customisation, accessibility). A later NGI0 Entrust grant added remote transcoding so smaller hosts need not transcode every upload locally. Website: joinpeertube.org. Docs: docs.joinpeertube.org.
PeerTube runs on infrastructure communities control—no single canonical host. The live instances below are examples only; deploy your own with the generic docs.
Generic (PeerTube project): docs.joinpeertube.org.
Example instances (live):
| Instance | Notes |
|---|---|
| framatube.org | Framasoft |
| video.lqdn.fr | La Quadrature du Net |
| video.blender.org | Blender Institute |
On-demand video is one of the most concentrated layers of social media. A few platforms decide what is recommended, who is paid, and what viewing history is sold. Public institutions that post only on those platforms send their audience into that funnel.
PeerTube lets communities host video under their own rules and still reach people on other instances. P2P delivery lowers the cost of a sudden spike. Users still trust the instance operator (moderation, availability), but they are not locked into one commercial recommender.