PeerTube Video Downloader
One tool for every PeerTube instance — paste a URL from any server in the fediverse and keep the MP4.
Why download PeerTube videos with ViralMint?
PeerTube has no single website. It is thousands of independently-run instances federating with each other, which is why platform-specific downloaders never work on it — there is no one domain to target. ViralMint detects the PeerTube API on whatever host you paste, so framatube.org, tilvids.com and someone's self-hosted server all behave identically. Most instances serve plain progressive MP4 files, so downloads are a direct fetch with no segment stitching and no quality loss; some larger ones use HLS, which is handled the same way. Many PeerTube uploads are Creative Commons licensed and some instances put a download button right on the page — this is for the ones that do not, and for pulling a whole channel in one pass. Since PeerTube is federated, the same video may exist on several instances; downloading from the origin instance gets you the best available rendition.
How to download from PeerTube
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Copy the PeerTube video URL
From joinpeertube.org, copy the share or page URL — e.g.
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Paste it into ViralMint
Open the ViralMint desktop app and paste the URL into chat. The planner detects the PeerTube URL and triggers the download automatically — no flags, no command line.
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Get the mp4, transcript and AI insights
The video lands in the Videos page with a local Whisper transcript and AI-extracted hook / structure / tone — ready for clip extraction or repurposing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this work on my own self-hosted instance?
Yes. Detection is based on the PeerTube API the instance exposes, not on a list of known domains, so any standard instance works — including one you run yourself on a domain nobody has ever seen.
Is downloading PeerTube videos allowed?
It depends on the licence the uploader chose, and PeerTube shows it on the video page — a lot of content is explicitly Creative Commons. Check the licence and respect it; the tool does not change what you are permitted to do with the file.
The same video appears on several instances. Which should I use?
The origin instance, where it was uploaded. Federated copies may only mirror metadata or a lower rendition, so going to the source gets you the best quality available.
How ViralMint compares to other PeerTube downloaders
| Approach | Examples | Trade-off | ViralMint advantage |
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| Online converters | Y2mate, SaveFrom, ssyoutube, OnlineVideoConverter | Pop-up ads, redirects, quality capped at 720p, file-size limits, no batch downloads, your URL logged to ad networks | Local app, zero ads, original quality (up to Original upload (up to 4K on some instances)), unlimited file size, batch mode |
| Browser extensions | Video DownloadHelper, FastestTube, similar Chrome / Firefox add-ons | Routinely broken after PeerTube updates, removed from stores for ToS violations, no transcript or AI analysis | Updates with yt-dlp upstream (community-maintained), independent of browser extension stores, Whisper transcript built in |
| yt-dlp command line | yt-dlp, youtube-dl | Most flexible option but requires terminal comfort, manual cookie handling, no GUI for batch selection | Same yt-dlp under the hood, wrapped in a desktop GUI with cookie auto-detect, batch UI, and post-processing pipeline |
| Closed-source desktop apps | 4K Video Downloader, Allavsoft, ByClick Downloader | Closed-source, paid tiers gate batch and HD, no AI pipeline, no extensible Whisper / FFmpeg post-processing | Open source (AGPL-3.0), AI features prepaid per-action, integrates with the rest of the ViralMint creator pipeline |
Supported URL Example
https://framatube.org/w/abcdefghijklmnopEquivalent yt-dlp command
If you already use yt-dlp, the desktop app's PeerTube download is equivalent to running:
yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b" --merge-output-format mp4 "https://framatube.org/w/abcdefghijklmnop"ViralMint also auto-runs Whisper transcription, downloads the thumbnail, and extracts AI hook / structure / tone insights — steps that take a separate command chain in raw yt-dlp.