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PlayHub – Video CMS, Creator Community & Live Streaming Platform

PlayHub is a self-hosted platform for publishing video, building creator channels and communities, and producing multi-participant live streams. One installation covers uploads, Shorts, live rooms, replays, messaging, monetization, moderation, and administration.

PlayHub viewer, mobile, Shorts, publishing, and community experience

PlayHub live production, RTMP, replay, and monetization experience

PlayHub administration, configuration, localization, installation, and deployment tools

Viewer Experience

Responsive discovery pages for trending videos, categories, creators, live streams, and recommended content.
Search across videos, channels, playlists, live streams, and tags.
Video playback with quality selection, captions, saved progress, and watch history.
Dedicated vertical Shorts feed with creator and engagement controls.
Public creator channels with cover images, social links, verification, statistics, subscriptions, and notification settings.
Public and private playlists, Watch Later, liked videos, favorites, bookmarks, history, and personal library collections.
Comments, replies, reactions, mentions, stickers, media attachments for signed-in users, and content reporting.

Publishing & Creator Studio

Guided local upload with resumable transfers, validation, progress, and processing status.
FFmpeg and FFprobe processing for media details, orientation, thumbnails, and configured renditions.
Custom thumbnails, categories, tags, language, audience settings, visibility, scheduling, and monetization controls.
Direct URL import plus provider settings for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and Twitch.
Admin mass import with category, visibility, tags, duplicate handling, and error controls.
Creator Studio for managing videos, Shorts, comments, playlists, channel details, analytics, and earnings.
Local media storage or configured S3-compatible object storage.

Communities & Messaging

Creator community posts with text and media.
Post reactions, threaded comments, reports, and categorized stickers.
Community discovery and channel subscriptions.
Private conversations opened directly from creator profiles.
Notifications for account activity, content, live streams, replays, moderation, and participant events.

Multi-Participant Live Streaming

Broadcast from a browser camera and microphone, screen share, or external RTMP encoder.
Configure title, description, category, tags, visibility, schedule, thumbnail, and participant access before going live.
Host, guest, participant, moderator, and viewer roles within the same room.
Viewer join requests for audio-only or audio-and-video participation, subject to host or moderator approval.
Guest invitations, username suggestions, backstage management, acceptance, and removal.
Adaptive grid, host focus, split screen, screen share, and spotlight layouts.
Automatic reconnect, media republishing, muted local host preview, and diagnostics for connections, devices, tracks, bitrate, latency, and frame rate.

Live Interaction & Moderation

Live chat, reactions, pinned messages, slow mode, message deletion, and viewer restrictions.
Polls and goal bars that update for hosts, participants, and viewers during the stream.
Moderators can manage chat, ban viewers, restrict comments, approve join requests, and remove participants.
Join, leave, removal, poll, gift, sticker, tip, and system events are retained for the replay.

Replay Experience

Room-composite recording of the active stage, including participant labels and designed audio-only identity tiles.
Replay processing, media inspection, thumbnail generation, and optional cloud replication.
Responsive playback for portrait and landscape recordings inside a stable player area.
Chat replay, chapters, top moments, stream events, comments, likes, clips, and contribution history.
Replay analytics, creator details, related streams, tags, sharing, and replay-ready notifications for streamers, viewers, and participants.

Monetization

Wallet balances, transaction history, and top-up checkout through configured Stripe or PayPal workflows.
Preset and custom tips with configurable minimum and maximum values.
Gifts and categorized super stickers with prices, wallet checks, live animations, and replay history.
Memberships, creator earnings, platform commission, contribution totals, and payout records.
Revenue reports with date filters, source breakdowns, creator performance, and export actions.
Image, media, or trusted HTML advertisements with placement, scheduling, targeting, display rules, performance data, and VAST pre-roll settings.

Administration & Operations

Dashboard and analytics: platform activity, growth, engagement, revenue, system health, recent changes, and exports.
Users and creators: account status, roles, verification, quotas, bans, email actions, creator applications, suspension, and deletion controls.
Content and live streams: videos, Shorts, posts, categories, approvals, featuring, bulk actions, imports, active rooms, scheduled streams, and replays.
Moderation and support: reports with reported-item previews, assignments, priorities, resolutions, customer tickets, incidents, agents, and SLA status.
Roles and permissions: custom admin roles, permission groups, invitations, scopes, team members, and access status.
Commerce: ads, memberships, payments, commissions, creator earnings, gifts, stickers, and catalog management.
Website settings: branding, navigation, authentication, email, SMS, uploads, imports, storage, live services, integrations, and maintenance.
System tools: cache controls, logs, diagnostics, scheduler inventory, cron configuration, backups, and failed-job visibility.

Design, Branding & Localization

Responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Light and true-dark themes with configurable accent palettes, including Obsidian Gold.
Uploaded logo and favicon support, plus editable homepage presentation copy.
128 bundled language packs with an admin translation editor.
Consistent dialogs, dropdowns, mobile bottom sheets, notifications, loading states, and empty states.

Storage, Backups & Background Work

Local storage and S3-compatible object-storage workflows.
Selectable database, source, media, file, and folder backups with size inspection and large-file handling.
Scheduled automatic backups with backup history and status summaries.
Queue workers for media processing, replay finalization, notifications, and background tasks.
Laravel Scheduler support for publishing, maintenance, backups, and recurring jobs.
System logs, failed-job tracking, diagnostics, cache management, and administrative change history.

Guided Installation

Requirements: checks PHP, extensions, database access, Redis, Node.js, npm, FFmpeg, Docker, storage, HTTPS, disk capacity, and required process functions.
Configuration: collects website, database, Redis, timezone, license, and administrator details.
Installation: displays dependency installation, frontend build, migrations, gift and sticker catalogs, and administrator provisioning in a live console.
Complete: verifies the installation and opens the website.

The package also provides a Docker runtime installer and templates for LiveKit signaling, RTMP ingress, room-composite egress, configuration, and service startup.

Technology Stack

Laravel 13
React 19 and Vite
MySQL or MariaDB
Redis
FFmpeg and FFprobe
LiveKit, RTMP ingress, and room-composite egress
Docker Engine and Docker Compose v2
Background queues and Laravel Scheduler

Server Requirements

Please review these requirements before purchasing. PlayHub is a media-processing and real-time streaming application. Standard shared hosting is usually not suitable unless it provides all required binaries, background processes, Docker access, Redis, and open media ports.

PHP 8.3 or newer with required PHP extensions
MySQL or MariaDB
Redis with private, authenticated access
Node.js 20.19.0 or newer and npm 9 or newer
FFmpeg and FFprobe
Docker Engine and Docker Compose v2 for live streaming

See the full server requirements and installation guide before deployment.

Package Includes

Laravel application source and Composer dependencies
React and Vite frontend source
Four-step web installer
Database migrations and bundled catalog importers
Gift and sticker catalog files
Default logo and favicon
LiveKit Docker runtime installer and templates
Apache rules and Nginx configuration examples
Online and package documentation

Third-Party Services & Important Notes

Payment features require your own supported Stripe and/or PayPal credentials.
Cloud storage requires a compatible provider account, bucket, credentials, and network configuration.
External imports, email delivery, and SMS delivery depend on the corresponding third-party services and credentials.
Live streaming requires the included Docker runtime to be installed and configured after the web installer finishes.
Demo videos, images, users, transactions, and presentation statistics are for preview only and are not included as production content.
Third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners. PlayHub is not affiliated with or endorsed by those providers.

Documentation & Support

Documentation covers installation, server configuration, live streaming, storage, queues, scheduling, backups, security, troubleshooting, and application settings.

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