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Jitsi Meet

Jitsi Meet is a video conferencing platform that runs in the browser, with mobile apps for Android (including F-Droid) and iOS. It offers screen sharing, chat, polls, reactions and virtual backgrounds. You can use the public meet.jit.si service or run your own instance from Debian packages or the official Docker setup.

Code Fireworks render of the Jitsi Meet repository, as of Nov 2026
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Why it fits

Jitsi Meet is a free, self-hostable alternative to Zoom or Google Meet: on your own instance, meetings run on your server, and guests join from a browser without an account.

Getting started

6 steps · clarity 3/5

Prerequisites (from the official docs):

  • A server with Docker and Docker Compose v2; for small meetings about 4 GB RAM (8 GB suggested), 4 dedicated CPU cores and about 20 GB disk
  • A domain name for real use, set as PUBLIC_URL
  • Port 10000/udp open for media, plus the web ports

Steps:

  1. Download and unzip the latest docker-jitsi-meet release (do not clone the repository).
  2. Copy env.example to .env and set at least CONFIG and PUBLIC_URL (plus JVB_ADVERTISE_IPS on a LAN or behind NAT).
  3. Run ./gen-passwords.sh to set strong passwords.
  4. Create the config directories exactly as listed in the Docker guide, including storage/* and tmp/* (default base ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg).
  5. Start the stack with docker compose up -d.
  6. Open https://localhost:8443 and accept the self-signed certificate warning; use HTTPS, not port 8000, or audio and video will not work.

Official install docs: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-docker

Notes

The public meet.jit.si service is run by 8x8 and, per the project README, needs a Google, Facebook or GitHub account to start a meeting; your own instance does not. The getting-started path was checked hands-on on 2026-11-06 with release stable-11248-3: the web UI and a room's join page loaded; a full call with audio and video was not tested. The steps above are enough with the linked Docker guide, but not to follow on their own.

Sources

  1. jitsi.org/jitsi-meet
  2. github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet
  3. github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/LICENSE
  4. github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/blob/master/LICENSE
  5. jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-docker
  6. jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-requirements
  7. jitsi.org/blog/we-have-a-new-home-and-it-wont-impact-you
  8. jitsi.org/about

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