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Fireshare vs PeerTube
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Fireshare | PeerTube |
|---|---|---|
| Language | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 1.5k | 15k |
| Latest | v1.8.5 | v8.3.1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 4 days between releases | about 15 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 6 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 46+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace YouTube. Alternatives to YouTube →
PartialFireshareShares your own videos and game clips by link from your server, without discovery or recommendations.
Full replacementPeerTubeChannels, playlists, comments and live streams on your own instance, federated with other instances over ActivityPub.
Fireshare
- v1.8.52026-10-01Fixed crops that would not play, or kept playing the old crop, until the page was reloaded.
- v1.8.42026-09-28Start on a transcode when the source will not play smoothly.
- v1.8.32026-09-23Scripts, capture boxes and other tools can now upload without a password or a browser session. Create a token under Set…
- v1.8.22026-09-22A new page showing videos and photos together, grouped by day in a waterfall layout, with a toggle to narrow it to one…
- v1.8.12026-09-14Attribution was only visible on feed cards, so checking who owned a clip meant going back to the grid and searching for…
PeerTube
- v8.3.12026-09-28This release addresses vulnerabilities ranging from medium to critical severity affecting PeerTube. In a week, this cha…
- v8.3.02026-09-15If your instance has many videos (local or federated) in the database, automatic migrations at next startup can take se…
- v8.3.0-rc.12026-08-25If your instance has many videos (local or federated) in the database, automatic migrations at next startup can take se…pre-release
- v8.2.42026-08-04This release addresses vulnerabilities ranging from medium to high severity affecting PeerTube <= 8.2.3. Security harde…
- v8.2.32026-07-20Fix P2P segment validator to correctly reject invalid chunks
Fireshare
✓ signed The latest release, v1.8.5, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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PeerTube
✓ signed The latest release, v8.3.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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