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Open source alternatives to Zoom

Video conferencing with meetings, webinars, and team chat. · Zoom Communications, Inc.

Pricing: Free up to 40-min group calls; paid from $15.99/host/mo

Zoom is the default for video meetings in most enterprises. Self-hostable open-source video conferencing is still a hard problem in 2026; the leading options are Jitsi Meet (mature, easy to deploy) and Element Call (Matrix-based, end-to-end encrypted). Jitsi is the most direct Zoom replacement for most teams; Element Call is the right pick if E2E encryption and protocol-level interoperability matter.

The 3 candidates, ranked by PopScore

  1. #01jitsi/jitsi-meet

    Open-source video conferencing platform. The most direct Zoom replacement in 2026, with simple Docker deploys and a mature SFU.

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  2. #02element-hq/element-call

    Matrix-based group calls with end-to-end encryption. The right pick for security-first teams and Matrix households.

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  3. #03livekit/livekit

    WebRTC SFU and SDK for building video apps. The right pick for 'I want to build Zoom-like features into my own product'.

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