peertube
federated video hosting
public
registration: approval required
activitypub · federated
PeerTube is a free, decentralized video platform - a self-hosted alternative to YouTube. No ads, no recommendation engine steering you down a rabbit hole, no single company owning the pipes.
Channels federate over ActivityPub, so you can follow them from Mastodon and the wider fediverse. Popular videos use peer-to-peer streaming to share the bandwidth load instead of hammering one server.
details
- Registration: new accounts require admin approval before they're activated - request one and wait for the nod.
- Federation: follow channels from Mastodon and other fediverse apps; videos here are discoverable across the network.
- Peer-to-peer: WebTorrent-based streaming spreads bandwidth across viewers.
- Bot defense: sits behind an Anubis challenge with federation paths allow-listed.