Bandwidth: can be mitigated using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy">PeerTube redundancy system</a> and cache servers that serve video static files in front of your PeerTube instance
But some pars of PeerTube can be horizontally scaled to bypass the following limits, as described in our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration#scalability">scalability guide</a>:
Communicate with the streamer and other viewers using the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://livingston.frama.io/peertube-plugin-livechat/">livechat PeerTube plugin</a>
Communicate with your viewers using the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://livingston.frama.io/peertube-plugin-livechat/">livechat PeerTube plugin</a>
Control the PeerTube player embed using the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/embed-player">embed API</a>
Create <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/library#video-channels">multiple channels</a> inside your account to group your videos by topic
Create public <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/library#playlist">playlists</a> assigned to your channel to organize your content or remote videos
Develop plugins and themes using the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/contribute/plugins">getting started guide</a>
Enable <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/configuration#live-streaming">live streaming</a> for your instance
Enable or disable signup, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/managing-users#registration-approval">approve manually new users</a> or set upload limits
For example, in September 2021, the 900 platforms listed on our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances">public index</a> host only ~1% videos tagged as containing sensitive content.
Get <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/video-stats">detailed statistics</a> on your videos (views, watch time, unique viewers...)
Help (or get help) other instances using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy">PeerTube redundancy</a>
It has been created by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.davidrevoy.com/">David Revoy</a> (illustrations are under CC-BY).
