PeerTube
★ 15.3kA self-hosted alternative to Youtube
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall7 Containers — 7 containers — heavy hosting footprintDocker · Source · PackageNeeds Postgres
About
PeerTube is a federated video hosting platform designed as an alternative to centralized services such as YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo. It is built for communities or organizations that want to...
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Features
- video hosting
- video streaming
- livestreaming
- embedded players
- channel following
- RSS support
- federated discovery
- customizable interface
- P2P load sharing
- instance caching
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Created
- Oct 29, 2015
- Install Methods
- dockersourcepackage-manager
- Requirements
- Node.jsYarnPostgreSQLRedisFFmpeg
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- Nodejs
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryNo Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-UserMulti-Tenant
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓7 Containers — heavy hosting footprintRuns as 7 containers
Docker Compose
7 services · database: postgres · infra: postgres, redis · 3 unclassified (certbot, alpine, postfix-relay)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (14 volumes)
support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml · @ ea91321 · scanned Jun 5, 2026
services:
# You can comment this webserver section if you want to use another webserver/proxy or test PeerTube in local
webserver:
image: chocobozzz/peertube-webserver:latest
# If you don't want to use the official image and build one from sources:
# build:
# context: .
# dockerfile: ./support/docker/production/Dockerfile.nginx
env_file:
- .env
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- type: bind
# Switch sources if you downloaded the whole repository
#source: ../../nginx/peertube
source: ./docker-volume/nginx/peertube
target: /etc/nginx/conf.d/peertube.template
# ...
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Free and Open Source Software
Source: isitreallyfoss.com · reviewed Jun 2025
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