Free Self-Hosted Jitsi Meet Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Jitsi Meet as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Self-Hosted alternative is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Wire. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Jitsi Meet and many of them are free and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Self-Hosted alternatives to Jitsi Meet are BigBlueButton, Mirotalk, Nextcloud Talk and Briefing.

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Jitsi Meet alternatives are mainly Group Chat Apps, but if you're looking for Video Calling Apps or Web Conferencing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Online + Open Source and Self-Hosted + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Jitsi Meet.
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  1. Element icon
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    Provides secure collaboration with end-to-end encryption, supporting chat, voice, and video calls. Available on all major platforms, it enables digital sovereignty with a decentralized design and interoperability through bridges to systems like Slack and Teams. Includes enterprise-grade SaaS.

    325 Element alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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  2. Wire icon
     330 likes

    Secure communication platform featuring encrypted chats and calls, file and media sharing, self-deleting messages, device verification, group collaboration, and customizable settings. Supports use across multiple devices with no phone number required for access.

    290 Wire alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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  3. Rocket.Chat icon
     161 likes

    Open-source chat server supporting real-time group, direct, and private messaging, video calls, file sharing, helpdesk chat, API integrations, desktop notifications, emojis, LDAP authentication, cross-platform apps, and customizable extensions for teams.

    149 Rocket.Chat alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Cloudron
     
  4. Nextcloud Talk icon
     32 likes

    Self-hosted communication platform with secure audio, video, chat, web conferencing, screensharing, advanced encryption, and metadata privacy, running on user-controlled servers, supporting web and mobile apps, and eliminating third-party data exposure.

    111 Nextcloud Talk alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Nextcloud
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    • Chocolatey
    • Windows
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    • Homebrew
     
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  5. Briefing icon
     29 likes

    The preservation of privacy is the main driver for this project. Secure technologies, such as WebRTC, are used to establish a direct connection between the participants. The website that provides the web application and mediates the communication stores as little data as...

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    • npm
     
  6. Mostlymatter icon
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    Mostlymatter is a fork of Mattermost meant to remove the users and messages limits. Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle.

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    • Online
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    • YunoHost
     
  7. palava.tv icon
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    palava.tv is a cost-free, simple to use, secure, and open source platform for video calls. It is developed and operated by a charitable non-profit organization based in the EU. palava.tv runs directly in the web browser and its usage does not require a registration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Peer Calls icon
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    Make video calls to anybody in the world with a private connection. Share the conversation by sharing url.

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    • Online
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  9. p2p.chat icon
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    p2p.chat is a free video conferencing application using WebRTC for peer-to-peer communication. No login required. No tracking. Decentralized.

    46 p2p.chat alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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