Written in Go, source is here: https://github.com/thenrich/rooms
AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
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Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#22Any guidance on the use-case of using this compared to Uberconference?
This is just old fashioned telephone conferencing. Dial a number, enter a conference code. Uberconference has screen sharing, dial-out vs dial-in, etc. The open source part of this seems nice, as opposed to figuring it out yourself with Twilio. They have it all packaged to run on Google App Engine. Though the timing isn't great now that Twilio supports their own "serverless hosting" via AWS Lambda. They should probab…
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Yes, this is plain telephone conferencing and the landing page could definitely do a better job explaining that.
API Gateway + Lambda might still be an upcoming deployment option for this. App Engine was chosen as the initial deployment target because some of the additional features that will be added are cheaper / free for low volume usage when compared to AWS. This already requires Twilio, so releasing this initially for App Engine seems to resonate better.
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#23I love this because it's a great example of a hybrid world where customizable open source solutions and commercial hosted SaaS APIs go together hand in hand.
Absolutely. There's one more I just posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14446337
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#24Nice! I would love to see something similar with support for a landline, though. Open source telephone infrastructure is an underexplored field.
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is just old fashioned telephone conferencing. Dial a number, enter a conference code. Uberconference has screen sharing, dial-out vs dial-in, etc. The open source part of this seems nice, as opposed to figuring it out yourself with Twilio. They have it all packaged to run on Google App Engine. Though the timing isn't great now that Twilio supports their own "serverless hosting" via AWS Lambda. They should probab…
(Creator here) Yes, this is plain telephone conferencing and the landing page could definitely do a better job explaining that. API Gateway + Lambda might still be an upcoming deployment option for this. App Engine was chosen as the initial deployment target because some of the additional features that will be added are cheaper / free for low volume usage when compared to AWS. This already requires Twilio, so releasi…
I was talking about "Twilio Functions". It's new. It happens to use AWS Lambda under the covers, but they don't mention that. You don't need an AWS account.
It's this: https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/05/introducing-twilio-funct...
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#26Too many layers of oxymorons for my taste. Open Source. Twilio. Plans and pricing. I'm yet to see a solid, usable and mature FOSS WebRTC implementation, hubl.in is a good candidate though.
What's your opinion on https://inthelocus.com/ ? They got screen sharing without plugins. Most WebRTC-ish implementations don't have this but apparently whitelisting by Mozilla/Google is necessary to do that, so FOSS is not possible at all for screen sharing?
When I click "Share screen" I get "Screen sharing in Chrome requires installing and enabling our small extension." which attempts to install their plugin[1]. This is the same as every other WebRTC screen sharing I've used.
[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locus-screen-shari...
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#27Jitsi Meet works great for us. Integrated with the company VOIP system = bliss Happy to answer questions!
How does the integration with your VoIP system work?
The Jigasi daemon connects to our VoIP server and has its own extension. You can either call a VoIP extension from inside the Jitsi conference, or route an incoming call to a specific Jitsi conference.
This means that our existing Polycom-based conference room setups can be bridged with Jitsi Meet with no effort. Our work-from-home people can just dial the physical conference room from a Jitsi Meet conference.
Re: AnyRoom – A self-hosted, Twilio-based system for temporary conference calls
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's your opinion on https://inthelocus.com/ ? They got screen sharing without plugins. Most WebRTC-ish implementations don't have this but apparently whitelisting by Mozilla/Google is necessary to do that, so FOSS is not possible at all for screen sharing?
When I click "Share screen" I get "Screen sharing in Chrome requires installing and enabling our small extension." which attempts to install their plugin[1]. This is the same as every other WebRTC screen sharing I've used. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locus-screen-shari...
Ok, then it only works in Firefox without plugin installation. :/