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9 | <strong><a href="https://instances.joinpeertube.org">Join an instance</a></strong> 9 | <strong><a href="https://instances.joinpeertube.org">Join an instance</a></strong>
10 | <strong><a href="#package-create-your-own-instance">Create an instance</a></strong> 10 | <strong><a href="#package-create-your-own-instance">Create an instance</a></strong>
11 | <strong><a href="#contact">Chat with us</a></strong> 11 | <strong><a href="#contact">Chat with us</a></strong>
12 | <strong><a href="https://framasoft.org/en/#soutenir">Donate</a></strong>
12</p> 13</p>
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14<p align="center"> 15<p align="center">
15Be part of a network of multiple small interconnected, federated, interoperable video hosting providers. Follow video creators and create videos. No vendor lock-in. All on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. 16Be part of a network of multiple small federated, interoperable video hosting providers. Follow video creators and create videos. No vendor lock-in. All on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free.
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17 18
18<p align="center"> 19<p align="center">
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105<h3 align="right">Communities that help each other</h3> 106<h3 align="right">Communities that help each other</h3>
106<p align="right"> 107<p align="right">
107In addition to visitors using WebTorrent to share the load among them, instances can help each other by caching one another's videos. This way even small instances have a way to show content to a wider audience, as they will be shouldered by friend instances (more about that in our <a href="/support/doc/redundancy.md">redundancy guide</a>). 108In addition to visitors using WebTorrent to share the load among them, instances can help each other by caching one another's videos. This way even small instances have a way to show content to a wider audience, as they will be shouldered by friend instances (more about that in our <a href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/lang/en/devdocs/architecture.html#redundancy-between-instances">redundancy guide</a>).
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110Content creators can get help from their viewers in the simplest way possible: a support button showing a message linking to their donation accounts or really anything else. No more pay-per-view and advertisements that hurt visitors and <strike>incentivize</strike> alter creativity (more about that in our <a href="./FAQ.md">FAQ</a>). 111Content creators can get help from their viewers in the simplest way possible: a support button showing a message linking to their donation accounts or really anything else. No more pay-per-view and advertisements that hurt visitors and <strike>incentivize</strike> alter creativity (more about that in our <a href="./FAQ.md">FAQ</a>).
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168### Technical documentation 169### Technical documentation
169 170
170See [ARCHITECTURE.md](/ARCHITECTURE.md) for a more detailed explanation of the architectural choices. 171See the [architecture blueprint](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/lang/en/devdocs/architecture.html) for a more detailed explanation of the architectural choices.
171 172
172#### Backend 173See our REST API documentation:
173 174 * OpenAPI 3.0.0 schema: [/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml](/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml)
174 * REST API: 175 * Spec explorer: [docs.joinpeertube.org/api.html](http://docs.joinpeertube.org/api.html)
175 * OpenAPI 3.0.0 schema: [/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml](/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml)
176 * HTML explorer: [docs.joinpeertube.org/api.html](http://docs.joinpeertube.org/api.html)
177 * Servers communicate with each other with [Activity
178 Pub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/).
179 * Each server has its own users who query it (search videos, query where the
180 torrent URI of this specific video is...).
181 * When a user uploads a video, the server sends its followers metadata about the video (name, short description, torrent URI...).
182 * A server is a tracker responsible for all the videos uploaded on it.
183 * Even if nobody watches a video, it is seeded by the server (through
184 [WebSeed protocol](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html)) where the
185 video was uploaded.
186
187Here are some simple schemes:
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189<p align="center">
190
191<img src="support/doc/user/decentralized.png" alt="Decentralized" />
192
193<img src="support/doc/user/watch-video.png" alt="Watch a video" />
194
195<img src="support/doc/user/watch-p2p.png" alt="Watch a P2P video" />
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197</p>
198 176
177See our [ActivityPub documentation](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/lang/en/devdocs/federation.html).
199 178
200:heart: Supports of our crowdfunding 179:heart: Supports of our crowdfunding
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