jitsi-meet-electron VS docker-jitsi-meet

Came across [Jitsi](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/v2023.7.2) and [BigBlueButton](https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton), does anyone have experience of running these or others in production?

I spent hours last night trying to re-enable remote control on Jitsi's electron app with no luck[1]. Are there any other good open source tools out there for remote controlling a friends' computer screen on a call?

[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/877

I love Jitsi Meet. My friends and I started using it during COVID and it's constantly improved. I host my own instance using docker and it's a breeze.

One issue that really prevents us replacing Mumble with it completely is lack of Push-to-talk [1], which is necessary for gaming etc. Do you know of anyone working on a native desktop app (open source or otherwise)?

[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/210

Yes, it happens in other Electron apps too. I found this: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/442

Jitsi Meet is used directly in the browser. Like at this address: https://meet.jit.si. You can also set up your own instance.

A desktop client also exists for Windows, macOS, Linux: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron - kind of not really advertised, provides remote desktop control.

You can turn on end-to-end encryption (e2ee) as long as you are using Jitsi Meet on a browser with support for insertable streams. Currently this means any browser based on Chromium 83 and above, including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Brave and Opera. You may also use our Electron client, which supports it out of the box.

Support is there, but not enabled for some reason. This issue on Jitsi application (also using Electron which is Chrome stuff) shows the location of real problem.

You will need a client. Browsers typically cannot type in other apps. Something that's free, open source, and runs on all platforms is Jitsi Meet. If you install the client, you'll have an option for "Remote control". I personally like that I'm in a call with the other person at the same time.

We focus on the apps on mobile, on desktop we recommend the browser, but we also have an Electron app: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron

Jitsi Meet for selfhosted Video Meetings

With this version I am facing the same issue as describef by you. This version is broken: https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/issues/1377

Most video conferencing suites allow starting a call with video disabled so they don't block you from using only audio all the time. Most video suites will also provide either a docker container or suite of containers via docker-compose to get you started quickly. Personally, I host Jitsi using https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet. If you want to try before you host then you can use https://meet.jit.si/ which is the free/public Jitsi instance. They don't require accounts to try. When you host it yourself, there's even an end-to-end encryption option you can enable.

proxy_http_version 1.1 may not be necessary. I copied it from the nginx configuration files included in the official jitsi docker images. I think they are making sure that no HTTP 1.0 requests are made because websockets aren't supported on 1.0. It would be rare for a device to use 1.0 these days, though.

If you need to configure options that are not supported through the ".env" file then, first, be sure to open an issue because the Jitsi maintainers intend for ".env" to manage all the configurations. From there, you can inject only your configuration overrides for the config.json by mounting it in your container as "/config/custom-config.json". This would look like a ' - "/path/to/my/config.json:/config/custom-config.json' entry in the "volumes" section of your docker compose. See https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/issues/768 for a discussion on this.

https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/blob/master/docker-compose.yml <-- this is the docker-compose.yml in the official repository, did you tried it?

download the latest release from https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/releases (at time of writing stable-6173: release)

+1 Jitsi, but host it yourself! This is the Docker install that let's you customize the experience. Browser or app based, platform-agnostic, fully encrypted back to your container, with the option to register a SIP endpoint for people to be able to dial into the conference via your IP PBX and do audio-only conferencing. Jitsi does ALMOST everything that Teams / Zoom can do but for regular conferences with screen sharing, it's hard to beat. I built a web scheduler that initializes meetings via JWT so no inadvertent meetings can start without the organizer, solving one of the drawbacks.

Jitsi is pretty secure and private with using meet.jit.si their server. Also it supports all the devices Android IOS PC and Mac. For your small group I would give it a shot and see what you think. As for server, yes it can be done - https://www.osradar.com/deploy-jitsi-meet-server-with-docker/ or https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet I had issues with Android getting connected so we just use meet.jit.si and it all works fine with 3 people.