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Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#1

Post by open-source » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

Please help me find some viable alternatives. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#2

Post by open-source » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC

I found Jitsi: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet but is a very big projects and not easy to understand.

I need some other alternative solutions, with much fewer codes, that has features like:

[1] webcam streaming

[2] audio streaming

[3] screen sharing

[4] file sharing

[5] messaging

[6] whiteboard

[7] recording

Any help is very appreciated. Thanks

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#3

Post by open-source » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

What I also noticed is that Jitsi is a great app but it lacks file sharing and collaborative whiteboard, which are very important to me.

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#4

Post by open-source » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

And another question, is it possible to also have remote screen control in addition to screen sharing?

I don't even know if there is such a thing?

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#5

Post by f0e4c2f7 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 8:21 PM UTC

I've never tried it but I've always been curious about MatterMost. It's an open source slack knock off. I believe they even have some API integration with other services the way slack does.

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#6

Post by gego » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 9:19 PM UTC

Look at the open source office tools from faircom... Scroll down a little https://www.fairkom.eu/en/fairapps

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#7

Post by codegeek » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 9:23 PM UTC

For learning, there is BigBlueButton

https://bigbluebutton.org

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#8

Post by mirotalk » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 9:40 PM UTC

Hey, You can try MiroTalk P2P [1] or MiroTalk SFU [2]

[1] https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk

[2] https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalksfu

Live Demo:

[1] https://mirotalk.up.railway.app/

[2] https://sfu.mirotalk.org/

It's fulfill All the functions you requested.

Re: Ask HN: Open-Source alternative to Zoom – Teams – Google meet and so on

#9

Post by alsobrsp » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 9:42 PM UTC

open-source wrote: post #2

I found Jitsi: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet but is a very big projects and not easy to understand. I need some other alternative solutions, with much fewer codes, that has features like: [1] webcam streaming [2] audio streaming [3] screen sharing [4] file sharing [5] messaging [6] whiteboard [7] recording Any help is very appreciated. Thanks

I have been using Jitsi since the start of lockdowns. It works very well and has a very active development. The install instructions were pretty straight forward and I had it up in less than an hour on a base Vultr Debian vm.

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#10

Post by open-source » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 10:03 PM UTC

f0e4c2f7 wrote: post #5

I've never tried it but I've always been curious about MatterMost. It's an open source slack knock off. I believe they even have some API integration with other services the way slack does.

Very Interesting, and pretty much like Slack, thank you very much.