# PeerTube![PeerTube](https://etke.cc/img/extra-services/peertube/peertube.webp)

*Source: the [PeerTube repository on Github](https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/documentation/-/blob/master/docs/assets/landing-page.jpg)*

[PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org) is a decentralized, open-source video hosting platform empowering users to share and discover content without centralized control, over the Fediverse.

## Features

Key features of PeerTube include:

- **Decentralized Video Hosting**: Host videos across a decentralized network of interconnected instances, ensuring resilience against censorship and promoting a distributed web.
- **Open-Source Platform**: Built on open-source technology, PeerTube encourages collaboration and transparency among developers and contributors worldwide.
- **Enhanced Privacy Controls**: Customize privacy settings to safeguard user data and ensure a secure viewing experience.
- **Community-Driven Content Discovery**: Discover diverse content through community-driven recommendations, tags, categories, and curated playlists.
- **Customizable Instance Creation**: Create tailored instances for private communities or public platforms, with flexibility and customization options to meet specific needs.
- **Federated Network**: Communicate and share content seamlessly across instances while maintaining autonomy and diversity within the federated network.
- **Ad-Free Experience**: Enjoy an ad-free viewing experience for both creators and viewers, prioritizing content quality and user experience.

## Usage

We host your PeerTube instance at a URL like: `https://peertube.your-server.com`. Just replace `your-server.com` with your actual server domain, and open the URL on your browser. Welcome to your PeerTube instance!

## Optional S3 storage

PeerTube supports S3-compatible providers, which allows it to store its content (audio/image/video/etc.) in an object storage system like [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) or another S3-compatible object storage providers like [Backblaze B2](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html), [Storj](https://storj.io), [Wasabi](https://wasabi.com), [Digital Ocean Spaces](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces), [Cloudflare R2](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/r2/), etc.

Moving media files off of the server’s local filesystem and into an external storage (the S3 storage system) allows you to **free up disk space on the server** and **effectively gives you infinite storage** (for a relatively-cheap price).

See [this page](https://etke.cc/help/extras/s3/) for details about how to choose the Amazon S3 compatible object storage provider which suits your needs and set it up for the service.


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