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Video.js vs PeerTube
Pick Video.js if you want the published JW Player stack (an Apache-2.0 embed; LICENSE, GitHub license field is unset). Pick PeerTube if you want that AGPL-3.0 federated library rather than a player tag.
Facts checked 27 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Video.js in the catalog PeerTube in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Video.js | PeerTube | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache License 2.0 (catalog; GitHub license field is unset) source | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 40,022 stars in the catalog source | 15,363 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | A player you embed in a page you already host. | Published as /stacks/peertube-video. A library plus ActivityPub. |
| Best for | The published JW Player replacement. | A hosted library if the job was Vidyard, not an embed. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both are named on the published lander — /stacks/peertube-video. Video.js is videojs/video.js (Apache-2.0; 40,022 stars in the catalog). PeerTube is Chocobozzz/PeerTube (AGPL-3.0; 15,363 stars in the catalog). MediaCMS is the library without federation — /compare/peertube-vs-mediacms. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- JW Player or Vidyard?
- JW Player is the embed — /replace/jw-player. Vidyard is the library — /replace/vidyard.
- Where is MediaCMS?
- A library without federation — /compare/peertube-vs-mediacms.
- Are these free?
- Video.js is Apache-2.0. PeerTube is AGPL-3.0. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy the library?
- Open /stacks/peertube-video. Persist object storage. Upload one video.
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