Galene
Video conferencing server that is easy to deploy and that requires moderate server resources.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 17 commits in the last 90 days.
Also an alternative to Zoom.
At a glance
Galene quick facts
- Health score
- 42/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,427
- Last commit
- 7 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Galene
Full rankings: Zoom alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Galene is a fully-featured videoconferencing system that is easy to deploy and requires very moderate server resources. It is described at ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Galene scores 42/100, #9 of 10 in Communication - Video Conferencing: 17 commits in the last 90 days earn 19.8 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 1,427 stars add 12.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 19.8 / 35
17 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 12.6 / 20
1.4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 17
- Last 90 days
- 101
- Last 12 months
- 7 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 10 tools in Communication - Video Conferencing by health , between Janus (#8) and TrueConf (#10) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 1,427 |
| Open issues | 50 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | jech/galene ↗ |
Galene vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Galene (Communication - Video Conferencing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsi Meet | 98 | 30k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| plugNmeet | 91 | 575 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| BigBlueButton | 86 | 9.3k | LGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| MiroTalk P2P | 70 | 4.8k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| MiroTalk SFU | 69 | 3.1k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Galene (this tool) | 42 | 1.4k | MIT | 7 days ago |
Galene: common questions
What does Galene replace?
Repoly lists Galene as an open-source alternative to Zoom. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Galene stands against the others.
Is Galene still maintained?
Galene had 17 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.