The fediverse's answer to YouTube comes from French non-profit Framasoft: PeerTube is a TypeScript/Angular video platform where hundreds of independently operated instances federate over ActivityPub into one network. Videos you publish are discoverable across the whole video fediverse, and viewers can follow your channels from Mastodon or any ActivityPub platform - or plain RSS - without needing an account on your instance. The namesake innovation attacks video hosting's core cost problem: alongside HLS delivery, an optional WebRTC-based P2P layer lets concurrent viewers' browsers share video segments with each other, so a video going viral distributes its own bandwidth demand instead of crushing your server; instance redundancy extends this by letting friendly instances cache each other's videos. Livestreaming is first-class - stream via OBS or any RTMP software, host permanent streams, enable replays, and interact through live chat. Creators get channels, playlists, analytics, built-in video editing (trim, watermark), and an embeddable player for any website. There are no ads, no data mining, and no recommendation algorithm engineered for watch-time - the project's explicit design stance. Admins control federation policy, P2P settings, and theming; a plugin system extends the rest. AGPL-licensed, 300+ contributors, in active development since 2015.

Twitch and YouTube Live, replaced by infrastructure you control: Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming and chat server. Point OBS, Streamlabs, or any RTMP-capable broadcaster at the server's ingest port, and Owncast transcodes the feed with FFmpeg into HLS with multiple quality variants, playing it in a built-in web page with a real-time chat beside it. Chat supports anonymous participation, custom emotes, and moderation tools - message removal, user bans and suspensions - with optional authentication via IndieAuth or a Fediverse account. ActivityPub integration puts the stream on the Fediverse: viewers on Mastodon and compatible services can follow a channel and get notified the moment it goes live. Video delivery can come straight off the server or offload HLS segments to S3-compatible object storage so a modest VPS handles thousands of concurrent viewers while only managing ingest and chat. The backend is a single Go binary with a React frontend - no accounts platform, no database server, no dependency stack - and the player embeds in any website. MIT-licensed, with roughly 9k GitHub stars, zero platform fees, and no algorithm or takedown policy between you and your audience.

Nodyx puts forum threads, real-time chat channels, peer-to-peer voice calls, collaborative whiteboards, and a drag-and-drop homepage builder behind one installation script on hardware you control. Create categories and threaded discussions that search engines index, then switch to Socket.IO-powered chat rooms where replies, pins, link previews, and @mentions update instantly. Voice channels connect participants through WebRTC mesh networking, keeping audio between peers without routing through third-party servers; a Rust-based STUN/TURN relay handles restrictive NATs so home-server deployments work without port forwarding. The NodyxCanvas layer adds CRDT-synchronized collaborative drawing with 11 tools, voice-aware cursors, and board-scoped chat, all persisted to PostgreSQL snapshots. Build your community's landing page with a visual editor that places widgets across 11 layout zones, then extend functionality by dropping third-party widget archives into the admin panel or authoring your own with the plain-JavaScript Widget SDK. Private conversations stay end-to-end encrypted with ECDH P-256 key exchange and AES-256-GCM ciphers where the private key never leaves the browser, and the OctoGuard module automates moderation with five matcher types plus configurable actions from muting to banning. For streamers, a native Streamer Hub bridges Twitch chat bidirectionally, provides a drag-and-drop soundboard, generates OBS browser-source overlays, and offers a mobile Stream Deck. Instances discover each other through a gossip protocol, forming a decentralized network without central coordination. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.