2025 PeerTube Roadmap !

We (Framasoft) are proud to present the 2025 roadmap for the project ! PeerTube is improving thanks to (only) two developers, the financial support of donors, the support of the NLnet foundation, and external contributions, whether in the form of code, design (hi La Coopérative des Internets), or user feedback from hundreds of people ! Thanks to all of you !

Already done at the beginning of the year

Before we list future improvements to PeerTube, we can already tell you what we’ve done at the beginning of the year.

Broadly speaking (since you can get the detailed version of what’s new in version 7.1 here), you’ll find the redesign of the « About » page, your PeerTube content as podcasts and improved playback comfort thanks to the update of the p2p-media-loader, the library that allows PeerTube to use P2P in the video player !

As for the released late 2024 app (available on F-Droid, the Play Store and the App Store), it allows you to watch videos (pretty handy for a video-viewing app, isn’t it ?), have a local account so you can add videos to a « to watch later » list, explore platforms, channels and so on, all while avoiding the dark patterns of applications developed by the GAFAMs (like doom scrolling, ubiquitous notifications, etc.).

Version 0.6.0 (released end of January) now allows you to see comments under videos !

Illustration : David Revoy – Licence : CC-By 4.0

What’s coming this year

Channel transfer

This year will see the arrival of a much requested feature : the ability to transfer ownership of a channel to another account ! Currently, a channel is linked to the PeerTube account that created it. It will soon be possible for the account associated with the channel (or the admin of the instance) to transfer the ownership of this channel and propagate this change throughout the federation (as is already the case when changing the ownership of a video).

This feature goes hand in hand with the development of another much-requested feature : shared administration of a channel (see… below 👀).

Instance customisation

For many instance administrators, it is important to be able to customise their platform as they see fit (in their own image, in the image of the institution they represent, etc.). That’s why we’re working on making it easier to make changes such as the general colours of the interface, the ability to add a logo, customise the video player, allow or disallow the integration of videos according to an allowlist/blocklist, and much more… This extensive customisation of the interface will be accessible to admins directly from the PeerTube web interface.

Set-up wizard

PeerTube is designed for a wide range of audiences : institutions, non-profits, media, companies, etc. In order to simplify the configuration of a platform, we are going to develop a graphical configuration wizard that will allow, after the installation of PeerTube, to apply and display several recommended configuration rules according to the desired profile of the platform (with the installation of plugins depending on the use case : adding chat if lives are authorised, LDAP/OpenID, etc.).

Illustration : David Revoy (CC-By)

Multi-user channel management

Once the work on transferring channel ownership is complete, we’ll finally be able to offer the multi-user channel management ! To the public, the channel will belong to a main account, but can be managed by several other users in the same instance. These co-manager accounts will have the same rights (upload videos, create and manage playlists, customise the channel, etc.) but will not be able to :

delete the channel ;

transfer it ;

manage the list of co-managers

These changes will be accompanied by a number of design and database changes, which is a lot of work !

But also…

This year will also see an improved warning system for sensitive content and « quality of life » features for the management and moderation of instances, allowing institutions, associations, media, administrations, etc. to use PeerTube more serenely. This will be done via shared lists of instances or accounts to be banned and also via auto-tags preventing video publication that contain specific keywords. We’re also planning to add batch action capabilities on videos, so you can update the licence of multiple videos in a single action, for example.

What the year holds for the mobile application

The mobile application is an excellent way to facilitate the adoption of PeerTube by a wide audience. We now want to expand the audience to also include tablet and TV users.

We’ll also allow you to connect to your PeerTube account, giving you access to all your subscriptions, likes, comments, history, notifications, settings and playlists.

By the end of the year, you’ll be able to play your videos in the background, stream them from your phone to your « smart » TV (initially Android ; Apple TVs will take a bit more work) and receive notifications. The video player will also be improved.

For content creators, it will be possible to upload and manage your videos, start a live broadcast and manage your channels directly from the application !

PeerTube moves forward thanks to you !

It’s thanks to the trust you’ve placed in us over the years, your financial (and/or moral) support, the help of la Coopérative des Internets and the funding of the NLnet Foundation that we can offer you this roadmap.

We hope you like it enough to continue to help us !