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Jitsi Videobridge

Scalable WebRTC-compatible video routing engine

Video Conferencing ★ 3.1k stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Jitsi Videobridge is the selective forwarding unit that routes video streams for Jitsi-based conferences. It can be deployed independently to power scalable WebRTC video applications.

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Key features

  • Selective forwarding unit for video
  • Scales to many participants
  • WebRTC compatible
  • Powers Jitsi Meet

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (3.1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Kotlin

Trade-offs

  • Component of a larger stack
  • Complex to tune

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