# Jitsi Meet

> Free, open-source video meetings you can self-host

Jitsi Meet is a free, open-source video conferencing app from the Jitsi project, which is funded by 8x8. Meetings open at a simple URL in a browser or in the mobile and desktop apps, with screen sharing, chat and a shared document, and the same software can be installed on your own server. The public meet.jit.si service is free to use.

- **Category:** Team Communication
- **Made by:** 8x8, Inc. (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Jitsi Meet is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source, both as the hosted meet.jit.si service and as software to run on your own server. On meet.jit.si the person creating a room must sign in.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jitsi Meet | $0 | Free meetings on the hosted meet.jit.si service, and free open-source software for self-hosting. The project is funded by 8x8. |

Read from https://jitsi.org/user-faq/ on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Jitsi Meet before buying.

## Key features

- **Meetings at a simple URL:** A meeting is a room name on a URL. On meet.jit.si the first participant signs in with a Google, Facebook or GitHub account; everyone else joins without one.
- **Screen sharing and in-call tools:** Share a desktop or presentation, chat with emoji, raise a hand, edit a shared Etherpad document and play a YouTube video to all attendees.
- **Self-hosting:** Stable and nightly Ubuntu and Debian packages and a Docker setup let you run your own instance, with your own authentication and moderation rules.
- **Encryption:** Audio and video are encrypted in transit with DTLS-SRTP by default. End-to-end encryption can be switched on in Chromium-based browsers and the desktop client.
- **Recording, streaming and dial-in:** Conferences can be live streamed to YouTube and recorded, and joined by phone. Self-hosted servers need the Jibri and Jigasi components for these.
- **APIs and SDKs:** An external API embeds a meeting in a web page, and the app can be compiled as an SDK for Android and iOS. The code is 100% open source.

## Good for

- Quick video calls where guests should not need an account
- Organizations that want to self-host open-source video conferencing
- Developers who want to customize or embed the meeting client

## Worth knowing

- Since August 24, 2023, the person creating a room on meet.jit.si must sign in with an account.
- End-to-end encryption is opt-in, needs a Chromium-based browser or the desktop client, and covers audio, video and screen sharing but not chat or polls.
- Neither the Jitsi team nor 8x8 sells commercial support; self-hosters rely on the community forum or outside providers.
- Embedding meetings in another app is directed to 8x8's separate Jitsi as a Service, which is free up to 25 endpoints and paid beyond that.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 3.5 out of 5 from 492 ratings in the United States, read Oct 6, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1165103905

## Works with

Etherpad, YouTube, Dropbox

**Tags:** Video calls, Open source, Self-hostable, End-to-end encrypted, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Zoom](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoom): Video meetings bundled with team chat, phone and AI notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jitsi-meet-vs-zoom)
- [Google Meet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-meet): Browser-based video meetings included with Google Workspace. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-meet-vs-jitsi-meet)
- [Whereby](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whereby): Browser-based video meetings with permanent room links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jitsi-meet-vs-whereby)
- [Webex](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webex): Cisco's app for video meetings, messaging and calling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jitsi-meet-vs-webex)
- [Element](https://toolgpa.com/tools/element): End-to-end encrypted chat and calls on the Matrix standard. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/element-vs-jitsi-meet)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://jitsi.org/user-faq/
- https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/
- https://jitsi.org/
- https://jitsi.org/downloads/
- https://jitsi.org/about/
- https://jitsi.org/security/
- https://jitsi.org/jaas/
- https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/user-guide-start-a-jitsi-meeting/
- https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers/
- https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron

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