Chat & meetings

Alternatives to Zoom

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Project	Stars	7-day gain	Language	License	Maintenance
jitsi-meet	30,180	—	TypeScript	Apache-2.0	✅ Recently maintained
bigbluebutton	9,262	—	TypeScript	LGPL-3.0Review license scope and restrictions	✅ Recently maintained

jitsi-meet

jitsi/jitsi-meet

Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.

✅ Recently maintained

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Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

bigbluebutton

bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton

A complete web conferencing system for virtual classes and more!

✅ Recently maintained

Match the project description to required features, then trial migration and deployment with a small real dataset.

Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

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