Everyday apps
European video platforms
Publish video on European and federated platforms
A video platform is a place to publish videos and live streams for an audience, with channels to subscribe to, likes, comments and recommendations. Unlike a plain hosting service, the platform itself brings viewers: people browse it, follow creators and discover new material. This is the model most people know from YouTube, applied by other operators.
Creators on a single large platform depend entirely on its rules and its recommendation system, which can change without notice. PeerTube is federated, so instances run by European organisations connect to each other, and alugha is run from Europe. Choosing a European alternative to YouTube means smaller reach, so many creators publish in both places while building an audience they can contact directly.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
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 PeerTube |
 Open source |
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PeerTube
Open source federated video platform
PeerTube is an open source video platform that works as a network of independent servers instead of one central site. It is supported by the French non-profit Framasoft. Instances talk to each other through the open ActivityPub protocol, and WebTorrent spreads delivery between viewers to reduce the load on servers.
Open sourceOpen sourceServices without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
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