plugNmeet
Scalable and high performance web conferencing system.
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Still maintained? Yes: 69 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.5.3 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Zoom.
At a glance
plugNmeet quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 575
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.5.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to plugNmeet
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Plug-N-Meet is a powerful, open-source web conferencing solution built on the high-performance WebRTC infrastructure of LiveKit. Designed for scalability and easy customization, Plug-N-Meet allows you to seamlessly integrate a feature-rich, self-hosted, and AI-powered video conferencing experience into any existing website, application, or system."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
plugNmeet scores 91/100, #2 of 10 in Communication - Video Conferencing: 69 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.5.3, 18 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 575 stars add 11.0 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 9.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
69 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.5.3 released 18 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.0 / 20
575 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
- 69
- Last 90 days
- 610
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 10 tools in Communication - Video Conferencing by health , between Jitsi Meet (#1) and BigBlueButton (#3) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v2.5.3 · 18 days ago |
| Stars | 575 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | mynaparrot/plugNmeet-server ↗ |
plugNmeet vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with plugNmeet (Communication - Video Conferencing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsi Meet | 98 | 30k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| plugNmeet (this tool) | 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 | 42 | 1.4k | MIT | 7 days ago |
plugNmeet: common questions
What does plugNmeet replace?
Repoly lists plugNmeet as an open-source alternative to Zoom. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where plugNmeet stands against the others.
Is plugNmeet still maintained?
plugNmeet had 69 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.5.3, is from 18 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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