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Jitsi Meet: the best Open Source alternative to Zoom in 2026
Jitsi Meet is the most popular open source video calling platform, with no time or participant limit, and no account needed to join, as a direct alternative to Zoom.
Technical profile
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Category
- Video Conferencing
- Replaces
- Zoom, Google Meet
- Tech stack
- ReactWebRTCXMPP
Preview
Public image provided by Jitsi Meet on its own website.
Key features
- No time or participant limit
- No account needed to join
- Recording and YouTube streaming
Jitsi Meet vs. Zoom
Pros
- Free, with none of the SaaS version's artificial limits
Things to consider
- The full stack has 4 services to coordinate
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
jitsi-web:
image: jitsi/web:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8443:443"
environment:
- PUBLIC_URL=https://localhost:8443
depends_on:
- jitsi-prosody
jitsi-prosody:
image: jitsi/prosody:latest
restart: unless-stopped
jitsi-jicofo:
image: jitsi/jicofo:latest
restart: unless-stopped
jitsi-jvb:
image: jitsi/jvb:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "10000:10000/udp"