coturn
Video ConferencingOpen-source TURN and STUN server for WebRTC
Best Lightweight Video Conferencing for self-hosting
The 5 best Lightweight video conferencing you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
mediasoup
Video ConferencingCutting-edge WebRTC SFU library for Node.js
Replaces Twilio Video
Jitsi Videobridge
Video ConferencingScalable WebRTC-compatible video routing engine
Replaces Zoom, Twilio
Jigasi
Video ConferencingSIP gateway and transcription bridge for Jitsi
Replaces Zoom Phone
eturnal
Video ConferencingSTUN and TURN server for real-time applications
Replaces Twilio STUN/TURN
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coturn | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 64 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 14,480 |
| mediasoup | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 512 MB | ISC | 7,397 |
| Jitsi Videobridge | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 3,107 |
| Jigasi | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 612 |
| eturnal | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | Apache-2.0 | 344 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: coturn (14,480 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: coturn (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 3 of 5 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the video conferencing category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.