Self-hosted / open sourceVideo StreamingHeadquarters: FR

PeerTube (EU-host): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

PeerTube is free, federated video hosting software developed by the French non-profit Framasoft. You install PeerTube on your own web server and so run your own video platform, similar to YouTube. Each platform is managed and moderated by its owner. Through ActivityPub, independent platforms can connect with each other and with tools such as Mastodon, and with WebRTC viewers share video delivery among themselves, which reduces server load. The software includes playlists, channels, livestreaming via RTMP, plugins, themes and moderation tools. Framasoft states that PeerTube shows no ads and does not track users.

The code is licensed under AGPL-3.0, so you can inspect and run the source yourself. Framasoft is based in France and hosts only two platforms itself (framatube.org and peer.tube) and one search index; everyone else using PeerTube chooses where it is hosted. An instance with a European hosting provider or on your own servers therefore keeps data within the EU. For a European organisation the key point is that EU hosting depends on whoever operates the instance.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked July 2, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents	2 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal	HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH, DE (DE)Technically measured
Category	Video Streaming
Type	Product
Website	joinpeertube.org ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to PeerTube (EU-host)

The European alternatives to PeerTube (EU-host) come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with PeerTube (EU-host)

PeerTube (EU-host) is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so PeerTube (EU-host) scores best on data residency.

PeerTube (EU-host) is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs PeerTube (EU-host) together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to PeerTube (EU-host)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to PeerTube (EU-host) include Accedo, ADN and Antena Play. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to PeerTube (EU-host)?

Our list of EU alternatives to PeerTube (EU-host) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is PeerTube (EU-host) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

PeerTube (EU-host) is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes PeerTube (EU-host) an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center: joinpeertube.org/faq
EU hosting documented: joinpeertube.org/help

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 21, 2026.

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Video Streaming: Video streaming services — movies, series, live TV. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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