Frequently Asked Questions

Wrap words in double quotes to match them as an exact phrase.
Try it: "free software" — finds videos containing that exact phrase rather than videos that simply mention both words separately.

Put a minus sign directly before a word to exclude it from results.
Try it: linux -ubuntu — finds videos about Linux that do not mention Ubuntu.

Use before: and after: followed by a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Try it: blender after:2025-01-01 — finds Blender videos published since the start of 2025.

Yes, all modifiers work together in a single query.

Search modifier syntax

Modifier	Syntax	Effect
Exact phrase	"words here"	Matches the exact phrase
Exclude	-word	Removes results containing the word
After date	after:YYYY-MM-DD	Only results published on or after the date
Before date	before:YYYY-MM-DD	Only results published before the date

Try it: "open source" privacy -google after:2024-01-01

PeerSeek is a search engine for PeerTube (opens in new tab), the federated video platform. It crawls hundreds of PeerTube instances, indexes their videos, and lets you search across all of them from one place — no account required.

PeerSeek discovers instances automatically from the PeerTube instance index (opens in new tab). If your instance is not showing up:

• Make sure your instance is registered in the index.
• Make sure your robots.txt does not block PeerSeek crawler traffic. Add an allow entry such as:

  User-agent: PeerSeekCrawler
  Allow: /

Once listed and allowed, it will be picked up by the next crawl cycle (typically within a few hours).

PeerSeek uses a random, anonymous token stored in your browser's local storage to learn from your searches and clicks. Over time, topics, channels, and tags you interact with get a small ranking boost in your home feed and search results. No account, email, or login is involved — the token is a random string that cannot be traced back to you. Inactive personalization profiles are automatically cleaned up after 30 days without use.

Clear your browser's local storage for this site. In most browsers you can do this via Developer Tools → Application → Local Storage, then delete the entry for peerseek.video. Alternatively, clearing all site data for this origin in your browser settings will also remove it. A new anonymous token is generated automatically on your next visit.

Yes. PeerSeek exposes a read-only JSON endpoint. No API key or account is required.

GET https://peerseek.video/v1/search?q=blender

All the search modifiers from above ("exact phrase", -exclude, after:, before:) go inside the q parameter, URL-encoded.

Search API query parameters

Parameter	Description
q	Search query, including modifiers (required for results).
sort	relevance (default), date, views, or trending.
category	Filter by category label (see /v1/filters).
language	Filter by language code (e.g. en).
instance	Limit results to a single instance host.
include_nsfw	true to include NSFW results (default false).
page	Page number, starting at 1.
size	Results per page, 1–100 (default 24).

Example: /v1/search?q="open source" -google after:2024-01-01&sort=date&size=10

A JSON object with the matching videos and paging info:

{
  "videos": [
    {
      "id": "…",
      "title": "…",
      "description": "…",
      "tags": ["…"],
      "thumbnailUrl": "https://…",
      "isLive": false,
      "views": 0,
      "likes": 0,
      "comments": 0,
      "instance": "example.org",
      "channel": "…",
      "account": "…",
      "category": "…",
      "language": "en",
      "durationSeconds": 0,
      "publishedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "videoUrl": "https://…"
    }
  ],
  "total": 0,
  "page": 1,
  "size": 24
}

Please crawl responsibly: cache where you can and keep request rates reasonable.