It is a project supported by Framasoft, a french non profit recognized as being of <strong>general interest</strong> and <strong>funded 90% by your donations</strong>.
This means that anyone can download and install PeerTube to host videos on a specific domain name (this is called "hosting a PeerTube platform/website").
It's the reason why we encourage developers to use the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/contribute/plugins">PeerTube plugin API</a> to create their own monetization system.