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+Federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) +directly in the web browser with WebTorrent. +
+ ++We are running a crowdfunding campaign to pave the road to version 1.0 of PeerTube! +
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+ ## Demonstration -Want to see in action? +Want to see it in action? - * You can directly test in your browser with this [demo server](http://peertube.cpy.re). Don't forget to use the latest version of Firefox/Chromium/(Opera?) and check your firewall configuration (for WebRTC) - * You can find [a video](https://vimeo.com/164881662 "Yes Vimeo, please don't judge me") to see how the "decentralization feature" looks like - * Experimental demo servers that share videos (they are in the same network): [peertube2](http://peertube2.cpy.re), [peertube3](http://peertube3.cpy.re). Since I do experiments with them, sometimes they might not work correctly. + * Demonstration servers: + * [peertube.cpy.re](http://peertube.cpy.re) + * [peertube2.cpy.re](http://peertube2.cpy.re) + * [peertube3.cpy.re](http://peertube3.cpy.re) + * [Video](https://peertube.cpy.re/videos/watch/f78a97f8-a142-4ce1-a5bd-154bf9386504) + to see what the "decentralization feature" looks like + * [Video](https://peertube.cpy.re/videos/watch/da2b08d4-a242-4170-b32a-4ec8cbdca701) to see + the communication between PeerTube and [Mastodon](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon) ## Why -We can't build a FOSS video streaming alternatives to YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo... with a centralized software. One organization alone cannot have enought money to pay bandwith and video storage of its server. - -So we need to have a decentralized network (as [Diaspora](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora) for example). -But it's not enought because one video could become famous and overload the server. -It's the reason why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. -Thanks to [WebTorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can make P2P (thus bittorrent) inside the web browser right now. - -## Features - -- [X] Frontend - - [X] Angular frontend -- [X] Join a network - - [X] Generate a RSA key - - [X] Ask for the friend list of other pods and make friend with them - - [X] Get the list of the videos owned by a pod when making friend with it - - [X] Post the list of its own videos when making friend with another pod -- [X] Quit a network -- [X] Upload a video - - [X] Seed the video - - [X] Send the meta data to all other friends -- [X] Remove the video -- [X] List the videos -- [X] Search a video name (local index) -- [X] View the video in an HTML5 page with WebTorrent -- [X] Manage admin account - - [X] Connection - - [X] Account rights (upload...) -- [X] Make the network auto sufficient (eject bad pods etc) -- [X] Validate the prototype (test PeerTube in a real world) -- [ ] Manage inter pod API breaks -- [ ] Add "DDOS" security (check if a pod don't send too many requests for example) -- [X] Admin panel - - [X] Stats - - [X] Friends list - - [X] Manage users (create/remove) -- [X] OpenGraph tags -- [ ] User registration -- [ ] User playlists -- [ ] User subscriptions (by tags, author...) -- [X] Signaling a video to the admin origin pod -- [X] Videos view count -- [X] Videos likes/dislikes -- [ ] Videos comments? - -## Installation - -See [wiki](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/wiki) for complete installation commands. - -### Front compatibility - - * Chromium - * Firefox (>= 42 for MediaSource support) - -### Dependencies - - * **NodeJS >= 4.x** - * **npm >= 3.x** - * OpenSSL (cli) - * PostgreSQL - * FFmpeg - -#### Debian - - * Install NodeJS 4.x (actual LTS): [https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions) - * Add jessie backports to your *source.list*: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ - * Run: - - # apt-get update - # apt-get install ffmpeg postgresql-9.4 openssl - # npm install -g npm@3 - -#### Other distribution... (PR welcome) - - -### Sources - - $ git clone -b master https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube - $ cd PeerTube - $ npm install # Or npm install --unsafe-perm for root user - $ npm run build - -## Usage - -### Production +We can't build a FOSS video streaming alternatives to YouTube, Dailymotion, +Vimeo... with a centralized software. One organization alone may not have +enough money to pay for bandwidth and video storage of its servers. -If you want to run PeerTube for production (bad idea for now :) ): +So we need to have a decentralized network of servers seeding videos (as +[Diaspora](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora) for example). But it's not +enough because one video could become famous and overload the server. It's the +reason why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. Thanks to +[WebTorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can make P2P (thus +BitTorrent) inside the web browser, as of today. - $ cp config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml +## Dependencies -Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver configuration. Keys set in this file will override those of `config/default.yml`. - -Finally, run the server with the `production` `NODE_ENV` variable set. - - $ NODE_ENV=production npm start - -The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the logs. You can set another password with: - - $ NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root - -**Nginx template** (reverse proxy): https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/tree/master/support/nginx
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