Jitsi Video Bridge
WebRTC compatible Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) that allows for multiuser video communication.
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Still maintained? Yes: 42 commits in the last 90 days, latest release stable/jitsi-meet_11248 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Video Conferencing: Zoom alternatives.
At a glance
Jitsi Video Bridge quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,106
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- stable/jitsi-meet_11248, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Jitsi Video Bridge
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Jitsi Videobridge is a WebRTC-compatible Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU), i.e. a multimedia router. It is one of the backend components in the Jitsi Meet stack."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Jitsi Video Bridge scores 84/100, #4 of 10 in Communication - Video Conferencing: 42 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, 3,106 stars add 14.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
42 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
stable/jitsi-meet_11248 released 2 months ago
- Stars 14.0 / 20
3.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 42
- Last 90 days
- 90
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 10 tools in Communication - Video Conferencing by health , between BigBlueButton (#3) and MiroTalk P2P (#5) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java, deb |
| Latest release | stable/jitsi-meet_11248 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 3,106 |
| Open issues | 147 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | jitsi/jitsi-videobridge ↗ |
Jitsi Video Bridge vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Jitsi Video Bridge (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 |
| Jitsi Video Bridge (this tool) | 84 | 3.1k | Apache-2.0 | 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 Video Bridge: common questions
Is Jitsi Video Bridge still maintained?
Jitsi Video Bridge had 42 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.