Owncast vs PeerTube
Both are self-hosted media streaming - video streaming projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Owncast | PeerTube | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 90/100 | 89/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 1475 | 1929 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 483 | 557 |
| Stars | 12k | 15k |
| Latest release | 3 Sept 2026 | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Go | Nodejs |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Owncast
Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 85% of tracked projects; popularity more than 81%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
PeerTube
Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 89% of tracked projects; popularity more than 85%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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