Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom

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Post by LockAndLol » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:22 PM UTC

Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom
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Post by jimbob45 » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

What’s up with the name? I’m never going to get my boss on board with a malware-looking name like that.

Re: Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom

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Post by xiii1408 » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

Back in undergrad (ca 2013) when I got super serious about privacy, I used the Jitsi client to videoconference with friends over my XMPP server [1]. It was pretty much the only open-source VoIP solution I could get working at the time. The experience was actually pretty smooth, with quality comparable to Skype and Hangouts at the time.

The main pain point was that I had to force everyone to download Jitsi and connect to my XMPP server...

Excited to see they're still doing cool stuff!

[1]Technically the XMPP server is just session management.

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Post by blantonl » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth?

Are there more details?

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Post by dandigangi » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #2

What’s up with the name? I’m never going to get my boss on board with a malware-looking name like that.

+1 this is an awful name if you want to get anyone serious on board. Seems super scammy.

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Post by mikecarlton » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #2

What’s up with the name? I’m never going to get my boss on board with a malware-looking name like that.

I was wondering about the name too. From https://jitsi.org/what-is-jitsi/ :

SIP Communicator is renamed Jitsi (from the Bulgarian “жици”, or “wires”), since it now also supports audio and video over XMMP’s Jingle extensions and it would be silly to still call it SIP Communicator.

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Post by dionisloire » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

We integrated Jitsi meet into Taskade for collaborative task lists, notes, and mind maps, with video chat.

You can give our app a try at https://www.taskade.com/new (no registration needed, mobile and desktop)

Open to any feedback!

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Post by dabeeeenster » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

blantonl wrote: post #4

This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth? Are there more details?

https://www.8x8.com/

Footer of https://jitsi.org/

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Post by xiii1408 » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

blantonl wrote: post #4

This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth? Are there more details?

It's P2P, like most videoconferencing. The server part is just for session management.

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Post by ripley12 » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

dandigangi wrote: post #5

jimbob45 wrote: post #2

What’s up with the name? I’m never going to get my boss on board with a malware-looking name like that.

+1 this is an awful name if you want to get anyone serious on board. Seems super scammy.

I don't get a malware/scam vibe from the name, but I'm probably missing something. What makes you think that?