Openmeetings
Video conferencing, instant messaging, whiteboard, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API functions of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming.
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Still maintained? Yes: 96 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 9.1.0 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Groupware: Basecamp alternatives, Zoho alternatives.
At a glance
Openmeetings quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 688
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 9.1.0, Jul 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Openmeetings
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Apache OpenMeetings provides: - [x] video conferencing - [x] instant messaging - [x] white board - [x] collaborative document editing - [x] other groupware tools."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Openmeetings scores 81/100, #7 of 20 in Groupware: 96 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (9.1.0, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 688 stars add 11.4 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
96 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
9.1.0 released 4 months ago
- Stars 11.4 / 20
688 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
- 96
- Last 90 days
- 225
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 20 tools in Groupware by health , between bewCloud (#6) and egroupware (#8) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java |
| Latest release | 9.1.0 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 688 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | apache/openmeetings ↗ |
Openmeetings vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Openmeetings (Groupware), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sync-in | 93 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Tine | 85 | 22 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| SOGo | 83 | 2.2k | LGPL-2.1 | 3 days ago |
| Openmeetings (this tool) | 81 | 688 | Apache-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Group Office | 80 | 284 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Digiscreen | 72 | 3 | AGPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
Openmeetings: common questions
Is Openmeetings still maintained?
Openmeetings had 96 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, 9.1.0, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.