Twilio releases open source video conferencing apps for iOS, Android and web

Post by Someone » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:07 PM UTC

rahimnathwani wrote: post #3

cdbattags wrote: post #2

Ooooo, Jitsi has some competition?

Except with Jitsi you can self-host the entire back-end. These apps seem to depend on Twilio's infrastructure, as the READMEs mention needing a backend to generate Twilio tokens.

Post by RedShift1 » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:11 PM UTC

bilbo0s wrote: post #11

Meh. With Jitsi I can self-host. In my view, that makes Jitsi better from a privacy perspective.

Post by rahimnathwani » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:20 PM UTC

Someone wrote: post #12

rahimnathwani wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except with Jitsi you can self-host the entire back-end. These apps seem to depend on Twilio's infrastructure, as the READMEs mention needing a backend to generate Twilio tokens.

But they are open source (Apache licensed), so that can be changed. Potentially, one could make a fork that can use either one’s own backend or Twillio’s, while Twillio’s own can only use Twillio’s.

Post by joecool1029 » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:32 PM UTC

jka wrote: post #13

These are open source clients for a proprietary backend, which are no doubt still useful in a number of circumstances. If you are comfortable with a more proprietary stack, then Google Hangouts / Zoom / others are likely to provide a better supported user experience. If you would prefer a more libre end-to-end experience then Jitsi Meet may be an attractive alternative.

Post by RedShift1 » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:35 PM UTC

manishsharan wrote: post #19

bilbo0s wrote: post #11

Meh. With Jitsi I can self-host. In my view, that makes Jitsi better from a privacy perspective.

The problem with Jitsi is that the video streams have to pass through the videobridge. That means paying for ingress and egress network cost if you are on AWS .