<![CDATA[Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video]]>Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video

Results are ranked how I think they should be and there is still a lot of work to be done. Please try it out and give me some feedback, or let me know if it's useful in any way.

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- sorting of search results by relevance, date and views
- filter for sensitive content

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PeerSeek — Search PeerTube Videos Across the Fediverse

Search and discover videos from hundreds of federated PeerTube instances. Filter by category, language, or instance. No account required.

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PeerSeek (peerseek.video)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116571787240112018https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116571787240112018Thu, 14 May 2026 07:38:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:39:16 GMT]]>@Baggypants if you give me your details, yes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116565891889497535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116565891889497535Wed, 13 May 2026 06:39:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:33:40 GMT]]>@polykit Can you also prevent future videos from being indexed?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116565869877119651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116565869877119651Wed, 13 May 2026 06:33:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:07:41 GMT]]>@Baggypants tell me your instance, account and legitimate interest and I’ll remove it from the index.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116565531805906634https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116565531805906634Wed, 13 May 2026 05:07:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:27:40 GMT]]>@polykit How do I remove my video from your search engine?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116563958842834954https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116563958842834954Tue, 12 May 2026 22:27:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:11:46 GMT]]>@hiphopheaven @polykit I'm sure someone will implement this because people are lazy and entitled. But what's the big problem with driving traffic to content creators websites _really_?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116563896345817128https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Baggypants/statuses/116563896345817128Tue, 12 May 2026 22:11:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Tue, 12 May 2026 20:04:16 GMT]]>@polykit Great - found some nice vids and chans! A nice feature would be option to sort by publish date 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/chrx/statuses/116563394954358827https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/chrx/statuses/116563394954358827Tue, 12 May 2026 20:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:42:34 GMT]]>@polykit it is not possible to watch videos directly from the service instead of opening everyvideo in new tabs?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116563309650661059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116563309650661059Tue, 12 May 2026 19:42:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:19:36 GMT]]>The PeerTube search index is getting more and more features 🚀 You can try it out yourself at

🔎 https://peerseek.video

I added

* personalized home feed
* search query modifiers like - and " "
* FAQ section

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116563217021864747https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116563217021864747Tue, 12 May 2026 19:19:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:53:48 GMT]]>@polykit Thanks for building and sharing, I like it!
Because the results appear fast, the grid (on a big screen) shows more at once and I received different results than searching on makertube or sepia.

Would be great if a minus-prefix on search terms would translate into a NOT.
Currently searching for "1980s -AI" results in only the AI related videos.
But I know you're just starting, so this is just an idea for the future development.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/subetha/statuses/116557927555487552https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/subetha/statuses/116557927555487552Mon, 11 May 2026 20:53:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:48:50 GMT]]>@polykit Just tried again, it's fixed now, thanks. Much better. And yes, it's a Firefox fork.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glaceon.social/users/vaporeon_/statuses/116556492339810166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glaceon.social/users/vaporeon_/statuses/116556492339810166Mon, 11 May 2026 14:48:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:45:22 GMT]]>@vaporeon_ that's a Firefox variant, no? Is it still like this with the fix I pushed this morning?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116556478699327819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116556478699327819Mon, 11 May 2026 14:45:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:37:24 GMT]]>@polykit LibreWolf 146.0.1-1, on Gentoo Linux.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glaceon.social/users/vaporeon_/statuses/116556447352403641https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glaceon.social/users/vaporeon_/statuses/116556447352403641Mon, 11 May 2026 14:37:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 10:40:06 GMT]]>@polykit @thibaultmol I don’t know about that the peertube browse content needs a lot of work. This tool already does a better job of search than the browse tool. As examples, “music” works better in browse and “musician” works better in peerseek, in my opinion.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jaypeach53/statuses/116555514280205538https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jaypeach53/statuses/116555514280205538Mon, 11 May 2026 10:40:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 10:24:48 GMT]]>@polykit Just done a little digging so far, this is a great tool! Hope this gives peertube some needed boost to counter YouTube’s dominance.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jaypeach53/statuses/116555454142440268https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jaypeach53/statuses/116555454142440268Mon, 11 May 2026 10:24:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 08:14:17 GMT]]>@polykit raw ideas:

- Use <datalist> instead of <select> for search filters (anything with more than 10 items), eventually allow multiple selection
- "Add instance" header button with link to the corresponding joinpeertube page

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554940916693697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554940916693697Mon, 11 May 2026 08:14:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 07:49:20 GMT]]>@polykit nice! perhaps share the index so other instances can disttibute the load?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/lvk/statuses/116554842817197368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/lvk/statuses/116554842817197368Mon, 11 May 2026 07:49:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 07:37:35 GMT]]>@polykit yup looks fixed, much better, thanks 👍

I've added a peertube server to joinpeertube, let's see how much time it needs to propagate 👀

BTW the server video.ploud.fr was already in the peertube index, but for some reason the videos from this channel don't come up when searched by keyword or username:

Le Hangar de Virtualabs

Pour le moment, cette chaîne propose les enregistrements des streams Twitch de Virtualabs, diffusés sur https://twitch.tv/virtualabs (en attendant de streamer sur Peertube, un jour).

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Ploud Video France (video.ploud.fr)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554796566536121https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554796566536121Mon, 11 May 2026 07:37:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 07:31:27 GMT]]>@tobozo yeah, I changed something. Did it work?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554772487225821https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554772487225821Mon, 11 May 2026 07:31:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 07:25:41 GMT]]>@polykit haha did you just fix the issue?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554749785391527https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554749785391527Mon, 11 May 2026 07:25:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 06:29:25 GMT]]>@tobozo I wonder why that is, I also use Firefox on Linux, see screenshot, I'll look into it. I use the instances index from Peertube at https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554524205239655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554524205239655Mon, 11 May 2026 06:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 06:10:27 GMT]]>@polykit thanks for that initiative 👍

colours are horrible on Firefox/Linux though, blue text on blueish background is a pain for the eyes 😵‍💫

where/how can additional Peertube servers be submitted to that index?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554453965206843https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116554453965206843Mon, 11 May 2026 06:10:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 05:18:26 GMT]]>@vaporeon_ no, it shouldn’t look like this. Which browser are you using?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554249467191259https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/polykit/statuses/116554249467191259Mon, 11 May 2026 05:18:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video on Mon, 11 May 2026 02:39:49 GMT]]>@polykit this feels like it would work as a player app. It feels so much simpler to see the recent and trending videos on the landing page:). Maybe even include the option to login in with Mastodon creds if they want to follow/like/comment without the need for a peertube account🤷

Great initiative, I can't wait to see where this goes:)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mograph.social/users/lps/statuses/116553625752359972https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mograph.social/users/lps/statuses/116553625752359972Mon, 11 May 2026 02:39:49 GMT