Top 23 video-conferencing Open-Source Projects

• srs

  10 24,249 8.5 C++

  SRS is a simple, high-efficiency, real-time video server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181.

  

Project mention: What's the state of screen-sharing games to friends on linux? | /r/linux_gaming | 2023-06-26

• Jitsi Meet

  33 21,711 9.8 TypeScript

  Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.

  

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Etherpad

  45 15,854 9.8 JavaScript

  Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.

  

Project mention: Edit This Blog Post | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-06

• Tinode

  5 11,555 7.4 Go

  Instant messaging platform. Backend in Go. Clients: Swift iOS, Java Android, JS webapp, scriptable command line; chatbots

  

• BigBlueButton

  35 8,353 10.0 JavaScript

  Complete open source web conferencing system.

  

Project mention: BigBlueButton: Complete open source web conferencing system | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-01

• janus-gateway

  13 7,814 9.0 C

  Janus WebRTC Server

  

Project mention: WebRTC for the Curious | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-04

> despite WebRTC mostly being about client/client communication

This is actually kind of a misconception, though it’s an understandable one given that WebRTC is almost always pitched as a peer-to-peer protocol.

In practice, most people using WebRTC for video are sending their video to a server, not directly to another client. It’s pretty safe to assume that most people who use your app are going to need TURN, and at that point, you’re not really doing peer-to-peer at all, so you might as well just have your browser-based app talk to a server that’s pretending to be another browser.

These servers (called Selective Forwarding Units or SFUs) can operate like a TURN server in the case of a one-on-one call, but they can also multiplex everyone’s feeds in the case of a larger conference (peer-to-peer 5 person calls would require each participant to send 4 copies of their video) and often have extra features like the ability to record calls, transcode streams or convert to other protocols.

The one I’ve used a lot is called Janus[0], it’s open source and has good docs, I recommend people check it out if they’re interested in getting deeper into WebRTC or other video streaming tech.

[0] https://janus.conf.meetecho.com

• docker-jitsi-meet

  9 2,950 9.2 Lua

  Jitsi Meet on Docker

  

Project mention: List of your reverse proxied services | /r/selfhosted | 2023-12-05

Jitsi Meet for selfhosted Video Meetings

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• mirotalk

  83 2,537 9.6 JavaScript

  🚀 WebRTC - P2P - Simple, Secure, Fast Real-Time Video Conferences Up to 4k and 60fps, compatible with all browsers and platforms.

Project mention: Jitsi.org has started requiring authentication | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-30

• nettu-meet

  14 2,235 0.0 TypeScript

  Open source video conferencing system for tutors.

• mirotalksfu

  100 1,821 9.8 JavaScript

  🏆 WebRTC - SFU - Simple, Secure, Scalable Real-Time Video Conferences Up to 4k, compatible with all browsers and platforms.

Project mention: Start your own (side) business with open-source in mind | dev.to | 2024-02-29

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• openvidu

  3 1,801 8.5 Java

  OpenVidu Platform main repository

  

Project mention: Ask HN: Zoom alternatives which preserve privacy and are easy to use? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-07

Git repo: https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu

Not affiliated, just trying to save a moment or two of confusion and some extra clicking

• jitsi-meet-electron

  14 1,474 7.7 JavaScript

  Jitsi Meet desktop application powered by :electron:

  

Project mention: Ask HN: Any good open source video conferencing options? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-02

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?

• chitchatter

  20 1,333 8.9 TypeScript

  Secure peer-to-peer chat that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral

Project mention: Adding a chat room to any app with one line of code | dev.to | 2023-10-08

If you haven't seen it before, Chitchatter is an open source web app that instantly enables private, anonymous communication between people. Once connected you can easily chat, share audio and video, and transfer files. All communication is encrypted and peer-to-peer.

• SkyOffice

  2 899 3.6 TypeScript

  Immersive virtual office built with Phaser, React, Redux, PeerJS, and Colyseus.

• galene

  36 862 9.0 Go

  The Galène videoconference server

Project mention: livekit-server VS galene - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/livekit-server | 2024-03-28

• webcam-filters

  4 541 6.2 Python

  Add filters (background blur, etc) to your webcam on Linux.

• mirotalkwebrtc

  19 236 8.3 JavaScript

  🛠 MiroTalk's WebRTC rooms scheduler.

Project mention: MIROTALK: Free AI Web real time conferences for all needs | /r/mirotalk | 2023-06-13

• jitsi-deployment

  1 214 1.8 Shell

  Auto-scalable Jitsi Meet for Kubernetes

  

• webrtc-video-conference-simple-peer

  1 209 0.0 JavaScript

  A simple video conferencing example using simple-peer

• mirotalkc2c

  26 192 8.5 JavaScript

  ✨WebRTC - C2C - Real-time cam-2-cam video calls & screen sharing, end-to-end encrypted, to embed in any website with a simple iframe.

Project mention: MIROTALK: Free AI Web real time conferences for all needs | /r/mirotalk | 2023-06-13

• docker-zoom-us

  1 170 2.7 Shell

  Dockerized zoom with voice and video call support

• wirow-server

  2 165 0.0 C

  A full featured self-hosted video web-conferencing platform.

  

• pade

  1 102 5.7 Go

  Pàdé (Yoruba word for Meet) is a browser extension (Chrome/Edge) based unified communications desktop client for Openfire.

  

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