Jitsi Meet
Free video meetings in a browser or app, with no account needed and a server you can host yourself.
Instead of Zoom, Google Meet, Teams
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Jitsi Meet is the video call you start by sharing a link, and the site's own words are completely free video conferencing for web and mobile. The code is Apache-2.0, built by the Jitsi team at 8x8 and a community, with apps on the App Store, Google Play and F-Droid. A post the site quotes from the Tor Project says no account is needed.
Jitsi Meet scores a 4 on lock-in, self-direction, longevity and delivery and a 3 on footprint and power.
8x8 owns the Jitsi trademark and sells a hosted version, Jitsi as a Service, so a company that earns from it keeps the project going and holds its trademark, and we counted both facts, one for Longevity and one for Power. The README points to a separate whitepaper for end-to-end encryption, and we have not read it, so we make no claim about it here.
- Free video meetings in a browser or app, with no account needed
- Apache-2.0, built by the Jitsi team at 8x8 and a community
- 8x8 owns the trademark and sells a hosted version
What stands out
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For comparison, we also reviewed Zoom (16/30) as a benchmark.
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