Jitsi Meet
WebRTC application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences.
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Still maintained? Yes: 320 commits in the last 90 days, latest release stable/jitsi-meet_11248 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
At a glance
Jitsi Meet quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 30,167
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- stable/jitsi-meet_11248, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Jitsi Meet
Full rankings: Zoom alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Jitsi Meet is a set of Open Source projects which empower users to use and deploy video conferencing platforms with state-of-the-art video quality and features."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Jitsi Meet scores 98/100, #1 of 10 in Communication - Video Conferencing: 320 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (stable/jitsi-meet_11248, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 30,167 stars add 17.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
320 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
stable/jitsi-meet_11248 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.9 / 20
30k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 320
- Last 90 days
- 929
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 10 tools in Communication - Video Conferencing by health , just above plugNmeet (#2) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker, deb |
| Latest release | stable/jitsi-meet_11248 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 30,167 |
| Open issues | 93 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | jitsi/jitsi-meet ↗ |
Jitsi Meet vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Jitsi Meet (Communication - Video Conferencing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsi Meet (this tool) | 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 |
| Janus | 61 | 9.2k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Jitsi Meet: common questions
What does Jitsi Meet replace?
Repoly lists Jitsi Meet as an open-source alternative to Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Jitsi Meet stands against the others.
Is Jitsi Meet still maintained?
Jitsi Meet had 320 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, stable/jitsi-meet_11248, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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