SRS vs PeerTube
A side-by-side comparison of SRS and PeerTube — pricing, license, deployment, and where each tool wins.
SRS
ossrs.io
A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV and SRT.
PeerTube
joinpeertube.org
Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser.
| Feature | SRS | PeerTube |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Model | Open-source | Open-source |
| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Category | Media Streaming - Video Streaming | Media Streaming - Video Streaming |
| Self-hosted | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free tier | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
Pick SRS if…
- ✓You prefer SRS's feature set or ecosystem fit.
Pick PeerTube if…
- ✓You prefer PeerTube's feature set or ecosystem fit.