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 Instant Messengers 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

    Element

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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.

    302 Element alternatives

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    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Snapcraft
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    It's mostly a group chat app (like slack or mattermost) with a video call feature, not a dedicated video conferencing app ; and setting up a meeting is too much hassle (you have to get everyone to sign up for an account and tell you their handles and invite them to a persistent group chat) compared to just sharing a link in jitsi. It's good for teams doing calls frequently, not for a one-shot meeting with guests outside your organization.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Element is a great Jitsi Meet alternative.

    • Element is the most popular Web-based, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Jitsi Meet.

    • Element is Free Personal and Open SourceJitsi Meet is Free and Open Source
  2. Wire icon

    Wire

     312 likes

    Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure end-to-end-encryption.

    281 Wire alternatives

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    • F-Droid
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    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    • Wire is the most popular SaaS alternative to Jitsi Meet.

    • Wire is Free Personal and Open SourceJitsi Meet is Free and Open Source
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    BigBlueButton

     88 likes

    BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.

    109 BigBlueButton alternatives

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    • Ubuntu Server
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    Nextcloud Talk

     33 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.

    109 Nextcloud Talk alternatives

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    • Nextcloud
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    • Chocolatey
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    Nextcloud talk requires setting up a server. It cannot be simply joined in browser like Jitsi.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Nextcloud Talk is a great Jitsi Meet alternative.

    • Nextcloud Talk is Free Personal and Open SourceJitsi Meet is Free and Open Source
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    Briefing

     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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    • Online
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    • npm
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    Snikket

     10 likes

    Snikket is an ambitious project to build a new kind of XMPP-based messaging platform.

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    • F-Droid
    • Docker
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    Mostlymatter

     2 likes

    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
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    palava.tv

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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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    p2p.chat

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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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    Peer Calls

     5 likes

    Make video calls to anybody in the world with a private connection. Share the conversation by sharing url.

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