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PeerTube 9.0 splits across multiple nodes and labels AI-made videos.

self-hosted videohorizontal scalingobject storageai disclosurefediverseinstance admin tooling
◆Current state
PeerTube 9.0 RC1 is the biggest release in the project's recent history. It adds horizontal scalability, with secondary nodes taking HTTP traffic off the main process and PostgreSQL read replicas for heavy routes, plus object storage for avatars, thumbnails, torrents and uploads and automatic pruning of unwatched video files. Creators get AI-usage and paid-partnership labels that viewers can filter on, and admins must confirm their password for sensitive actions.
◆Where it's heading
8.x made federated moderation cheaper for small admins; 9.0 targets the other end, large instances that outgrew a single process. The new creator disclosure labels push PeerTube toward platform-style transparency rules that the big video sites already enforce.
◆Prediction
Expect a run of 9.0 release candidates fixing multi-node and object-storage migration issues, with plugin authors adapting to the shared-nothing process model before v10 removes local staged file paths.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    PeerTube 9.0 RC: multi-node scaling and AI-usage labels

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    Moves PeerTube from single-process software to something that scales out, with secondary nodes, read replicas and object storage for every file type. It follows 8.3's federated blocklists as the second big step in making larger instances practical to run.

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  2. 2mo ago

    Instances can subscribe to each other's blocklists and word lists

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    The largest release in this window, and it changes what running an instance costs: blocklists and watched-word lists become subscribable across servers, syncing on their own and re-tagging existing content when they change. It extends 8.2's admin-defence posture from local throttles to defences that propagate between instances.

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  3. 5mo ago

    PeerTube 8.2.0 release candidate 3

    A candidate that only forward-ports security fixes from 8.1.8 and bug fixes from 8.1.7. It is the stabilisation tail of the 8.2 train rather than new work.

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  4. 5mo ago

    PeerTube 8.2.0 rc2: m4b audio, playlist hotkey, concurrency fixes

    Adds .m4b audio support and a playlist hotkey alongside fixes for concurrent live segment and torrent writes. Small user-facing additions bolted onto the reliability work that defines this release cycle.

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  5. 6mo ago

    PeerTube 8.2 RC: download throttling and an NGINX I/O fix

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    The candidate that sets 8.2's agenda: per-instance and per-IP download bandwidth limits, an NGINX I/O fix, Node.js 20 and old-iOS support dropped, and notice that the public accounts endpoint moves behind moderator auth in v9. It is the clearest statement yet that PeerTube is tuning for instances under hostile load.

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