Alternatives to PeerTube
Federated video platform that shares bandwidth peer to peer. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
PeerTube
Federated video platform that shares bandwidth peer to peer.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as PeerTube.
Loops
A federated, open-source short-form video platform that connects to Mastodon and other ActivityPub servers.
Loops focuses on short-form video with Following and For You feeds and official Android and iOS apps, federating with Mastodon and other ActivityPub servers.
Owncast
Open-source software for running your own live video stream with built-in chat on your server.
Owncast is for live streaming with built-in chat on your own server, without federation or a video library, and bandwidth costs fall on you.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Sepia Search
A search engine for videos, channels and playlists hosted across many PeerTube instances.
Funkwhale
A self-hosted, federated platform for storing, streaming and sharing music and podcasts.
Fedilab
A multi-account Android client for Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, Pixelfed and PeerTube.
zap.stream
An open-source live streaming site built on Nostr, with Bitcoin Lightning payments to streamers.
Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in.
Pixelfed
Federated photo sharing platform with no ads or algorithm.
