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ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

82 mentions on Hacker News by 59 people: 11 stories, 71 comments · first 2017-07-28 · latest 2026-07-03

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  1. …I cannot find content that is interesting on PeerTube, which again is the crux of my argument. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube > PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform developed as an alternative to other…
    comment by jesse_dot_id · 2026-07-03 · in PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform
  2. …broadcast days for regional control. That has changed marginally with the adoption of streaming. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/1586#issuecomm...
    comment by tastyfreeze · 2026-07-02 · in PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform
  3. I'm not affiliated with peertube...but yes it does enable/support streaming: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube#video-streaming-even-...
    comment by mxuribe · 2026-07-02 · in PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform
  4. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.1.1 https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.1.0
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2026-03-11 · in PeerTube v8.1 Released
  5. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.0.0
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2025-12-09 · in PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance
  6. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/ https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/ https://joinpeertube.org/
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2025-12-09 · in PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance
  7. Consider contributing to Peertube! https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2025-10-17 · in Live Stream from the Namib Desert
  8. https://joinpeertube.org/ https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/channel-sync https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2025-07-18 · in Who Hates YouTube?
  9. PeerTube has removed WebTorrent in 2022: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/5465
    comment by boramalper · 2024-12-11 · in PeerTube mobile app: discover videos while caring for your attention
  10. …to PeerTube, feel free to: * report bugs and give your feedback on Github or on our forums (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) * submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) * Help to…
    comment by booteille · 2024-12-10
  11. …to PeerTube, feel free to: * report bugs and give your feedback on Github or on our forums (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) * submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) * Help to…
    comment by booteille · 2024-12-10
  12. Removed end of 2023: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/5465
    comment by immibis · 2024-10-02 · in Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms (2021)
  13. Peertube has supported audio-only streams since I submitted a PR for this in 2019: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/2213 I made this not so much to listen to music but to listen to recorded lectures while on the move - and thus…
    comment by hagbard_c · 2024-09-21 · in PeerTube 6.3
  14. …to PeerTube, feel free to: * report bugs and give your feedback on Github or on our forums (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) * submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) * Help to…
    comment by booteille · 2024-07-16 · in PeerTube 6.2 Is Out
  15. …to PeerTube, feel free to: * report bugs and give your feedback on Github or on our forums (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) * submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) * Help to…
    comment by booteille · 2023-12-21 · in PeerTube stress tests: resilience lies in your peers
  16. …to PeerTube, feel free to: * report bugs and give your feedback on Github or on our forums (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) * submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) * Help to…
    comment by booteille · 2023-12-12 · in Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion build a bright future for PeerTube
  17. …websocket that is sitting on their express server.. but will dig some more. Was always curious . https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/client/s...
    comment by bilekas · 2023-11-28 · in PeerTube v6
  18. …limitations of the WebTorrent player. It also allowed us to implement live streaming in PeerTube." https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/5465
    comment by jelv · 2023-11-28 · in PeerTube v6
  19. Exactly what you described exists and is called PeerTube. https://joinpeertube.org https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by wolfskaempf · 2023-11-05 · in NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
  20. …If you want to contribute to PeerTube, feel free to: report bugs and give your feedback on Github (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) or on our forums (https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38) submit your brillant ideas on our…
    comment by booteille · 2023-06-21 · in Version 5.2 of PeerTube is out
  21. …certainly works fine but it would be an interesting test to see how far it actually scales. [1] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by the_third_wave · 2023-06-12 · in The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
  22. …If you want to contribute to PeerTube, feel free to: report bugs and give your feedback on Github (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) or on our forums (https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38) submit your brillant ideas on our…
    comment by booteille · 2023-03-21 · in PeerTube 5.1
  23. IPFS would be welcome: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/494
    comment by schoolornot · 2023-02-08 · in What 2023 will bring for PeerTube
  24. …lecture videos for use on the road etc - which is why I made this feature and submitted the PR. [1] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/2213
    comment by the_third_wave · 2023-01-14 · in Setting the bozo bit on Apple
  25. …Apple users Why do you think that ? AV1 seems to be supported, albeit still with some bugs maybe ?: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues?q=is%3Aissue+a...
    comment by BlueTemplar · 2022-12-13 · in PeerTube v5: the result of 5 years’ handcrafting
  26. …If you want to contribute to PeerTube, feel free to: report bugs and give your feedback on Github (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) or on our forums (https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38) submit your brillant ideas on our…
    comment by booteille · 2022-11-29 · in JoinPeertube gets a redesign, PeerTube v5 on its way
  27. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/...
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2022-11-11 · in YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option
  28. Or maybe peertube? https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/...
    comment by raybb · 2022-06-20 · in Terminated
  29. …through different manners: * Try it and give your feedback and/or report bugs you found on Github ( https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/ ) or on Framasoft's forum ( https://framacolibri.org/ ). * Help to translate the software,…
    comment by booteille · 2022-06-07 · in PeerTube v4.2 Is Out
  30. Well, PeerTube is not too hard to install and is quite pleasant to use… https://joinpeertube.org/ https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/...
    comment by jraph · 2022-03-21 · in Victims of Vimeo
  31. I just checked and apparently they are already aware: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/3325#issuecomm... :) (Tho I'll admit I have no idea what "bluffing" means in that context. :D )
    comment by follower · 2022-01-19 · in Nerd-dictation, hackable speech to text on Linux
  32. …creators, and admins. It even leads with an introductory video (but not embedded for some reason). https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by pezzana · 2021-11-30 · in PeerTube 4 RC
  33. …is one of the primary reasons to join, watch, and upload to PeerTube. https://joinpeertube.org/ https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube Example instance: https://peertube.cpy.re/
    comment by vortico · 2021-09-29 · in YouTube removes “I Can't Believe You've Done This” video from 2007
  34. …down would indeed prevent p2p seeding, except for publicly-routable clients (not behind NAT). [0] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/3177
    comment by southerntofu · 2021-09-20 · in Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
  35. …[0] It may be that your browser is blocking those 3rd party requests for privacy reasons. [0] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/3177
    comment by southerntofu · 2021-09-20 · in Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
  36. …IP address) can be sent to other peers. GitHub issue upon which this banner was decided upon[1] [1] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/316
    comment by Abishek_Muthian · 2021-09-20 · in Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
  37. …or am I missing something? Does it really have an order of magnitude more Github stars ( https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube ) than daily viewers?
    comment by chairhairair · 2021-09-19 · in Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
  38. PeerTube should support IPFS. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/494
    comment by amelius · 2021-07-20 · in Why the Internet Needs IPFS Before It's Too Late (2015)
  39. …now, which has live streaming [1]. There are official Docker images available as well [2]. [1]: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v3.0.0-r... [2]: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/...
    comment by remram · 2020-12-27 · in Owncast Instances
  40. …FAQ it looks like you may be able to as long as you torrent from something that is WebRTC friendly. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/FAQ.md#s...
    comment by glenstein · 2020-08-01 · in YouTube: Community contributions will be discontinued across all channels
  41. One project comes to my mind: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube it uses web-torrent so you safe allot of bandwidth.
    comment by nix23 · 2020-07-20 · in DIY Video Hosting
  42. peertube attempts to address this pain and supports the activitypub fediverse https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by waz0wski · 2020-03-11 · in Self-hosted, super simple photo stream
  43. …the latest has this: Add ability to disable WebTorrent (and only enable HLS) [HTTP Live Streaming] https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v2.1.0
    comment by buovjaga · 2020-02-15 · in ActivityPub, the secret weapon of the Fediverse
  44. …on SVC for mp4, VP9 or AV1? I don't think ffmpeg supports this at all, which is a shame. [1]: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/99
    comment by MayeulC · 2019-11-12 · in PeerTube v2
  45. …be determined with a simple "do users use this opt-out" before I can sway one way or the other [1]: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/685 Thanks for calling it out, I might not have found out that what I knew was outdated…
    comment by corobo · 2019-05-17 · in Can we all stop using Medium now?
  46. …the Internet" on PeerTube https://peer.mathdacloud.ovh/videos/watch/c193a2f6-8b24-48c3... https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances
    comment by mitchtbaum · 2018-10-17 · in Ask HN: YouTube down?
  47. PeerTube is also worth a mention. They just released 1.0.0. so now's a good time to evaluate it. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
    comment by mitchtbaum · 2018-10-17 · in YouTube down worldwide
  48. …and have a UI that internally deploys containers/content for them for a couple bucks a month. 0 - https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/...
    comment by kodablah · 2018-10-15 · in PeerTube 1.0: A decentralized video hosting network, based on libre software
  49. …but honestly I think the issue closure here has branded PeerTube as forever small fry in my mind https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/1229
    comment by corobo · 2018-10-15 · in PeerTube 1.0: A decentralized video hosting network, based on libre software
  50. https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube License is AGPL v3.0... tldrlegal shows us this https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-affero-general-public-lice...
    comment by browsercoin · 2018-09-19 · in Getting started with PeerTube