Read the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration#scalability">scalability guide</a> if you plan to have many users or viewers
The feature is called <a href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy" target="_blank">"server redundancy"</a> and caches your most popular videos to help serve additional viewers.
Transcoding can also be offloaded to other machines using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/remote-runners">remote runners</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>
Hiring another developer, developing an official mobile app, promoting the PeerTube ecosystem... These are a few of the things we plan to do in 2024, on top of an exciting v7 roadmap.
Recommended hardware requirements for a big instance to handle 1,000 concurrent viewers (see our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joinpeertube.org/news/stress-test-2023">blog post about our viewers stress test</a>):
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/create-upload-video#upload-a-new-version-of-a-video">Upload a new version of the video</a> (this option must be enabled by your administrator)
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/setup-account#account-import-export">Export all your data (videos, settings, channels...)</a> to an archive file and import it on another PeerTube platform!
Let PeerTube save and store your original video file so you no longer have to keep it on your hard drive anymore (this option must be enabled by your administrator)
