Open Source Alternatives to Zoom
A collaboration and communication platform that enables video meetings, chat, phone, and integrated scheduling for remote teams. It also provides AI‑driven note‑taking, whiteboarding, and app integrations to streamline workflows.
Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Zoom give you an option you fully own. Run them on your own server or desktop, so your data stays under your control. This page lists 12 open source alternatives to Zoom. The most popular are Jitsi, Screego and BigBlueButton. Most use the Apache-2.0 or MIT license, and 9 offer an official Docker image.
Jitsi
Host encrypted video conferences via a web browser or mobile app using a self-hosted server deployment.
Screego
A self-hosted screen sharing tool designed to provide high resolution and low latency communication.
BigBlueButton
A virtual classroom system for real-time audio, video, and collaborative tools designed for online learning.
Flat
A virtual classroom client providing real-time video, audio, and interactive whiteboard capabilities for online education.
MiroTalk P2P
Self-hosted video conferencing platform using peer-to-peer WebRTC connections for secure real-time communication and collaboration.
Jitsi Videobridge
A WebRTC compatible selective forwarding unit that routes multimedia traffic for scalable video conferencing infrastructure.
MiroTalk SFU
Self-hosted video conferencing platform for real-time communication and collaboration using a scalable SFU architecture.
Wire
Provides end to end encrypted messaging, file sharing, and video calls for secure team communication and collaboration.
Chitchatter
A decentralized peer to peer communication tool providing encrypted chat, video conferencing, and ephemeral file sharing.
Galene
A self-hosted videoconferencing system designed for easy deployment and moderate server resource consumption on private hardware.
Apache OpenMeetings
A groupware system providing video conferencing, instant messaging, and collaborative tools for remote team communication.
Plug-N-Meet
A self-hosted web conferencing system with AI meeting intelligence and scalable WebRTC infrastructure for any website.
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