Jitsi Meet
Video ConferencingSecure, fully featured video conferencing
Replaces Zoom, Google Meet
Best Multi-User Video Conferencing for self-hosting
The 8 best Multi-User video conferencing you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
coturn
Video ConferencingOpen-source TURN and STUN server for WebRTC
BigBlueButton
Video ConferencingVirtual classroom and web conferencing for education
Replaces Zoom, Microsoft Teams
Janus
Video ConferencingGeneral-purpose, lightweight, minimalist WebRTC Server
MiroTalk SFU
Video ConferencingScalable WebRTC video conferencing with an SFU, up to 4K
Greenlight
Video ConferencingFront-end for managing BigBlueButton meeting rooms
Replaces Zoom, Google Meet
plugNmeet
Video ConferencingScalable, open-source web conferencing system
Replaces Zoom, BigBlueButton
Jangouts
Video ConferencingVideoconferencing based on WebRTC and Janus Gateway with an UI
Replaces Google Hangouts, Skype
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsi Meet | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 4,096 MB | Apache-2.0 | 30,074 |
| coturn | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 64 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 14,480 |
| BigBlueButton | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 8,192 MB | LGPL-3.0 | 9,239 |
| Janus | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 9,186 |
| MiroTalk SFU | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 3,126 |
| Greenlight | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | LGPL-3.0 | 851 |
| plugNmeet | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | MIT | 574 |
| Jangouts | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 50 MB | MIT | 446 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Jitsi Meet (30,074 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Jangouts (from 50 MB RAM, against 8,192 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 8 use LGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Multi-User within the video conferencing category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.