replacing Zoom
Open Source Zoom Alternatives
Video conferencing platform — Zoom pricing: Free / $15.99-$21.59/user/month. Below: 1 free,
self-hostable open source projects that cover the same ground, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
There is 1 open source Zoom alternative tracked on this registry, against Zoom pricing of Free / $15.99-$21.59/user/month. The most-adopted is Jitsi with 29,931 GitHub stars under Apache-2.0, written in TypeScript. Together the set has 29,931 stars across 1 language and 1 licence. All 1 are free to self-host with no licence fee, and 1 of 1 received a commit in the last 90 days. 1 head-to-head Zoom comparison are available.
Zoom's free tier caps at 40 minutes for group calls. Pro at $15.99/user/month removes the limit. Meeting recordings require cloud storage on Zoom's servers.
Our top 1 Zoom alternatives
Jitsi Meet is an open-source video conferencing platform built on WebRTC standards, designed for privacy-focused, account-free video calls. It operates as a standalone web application or embeddable component, supporting both browser-based and native mobile usage without requiring user accounts to join meetings. The project lives in the video-communication ecosystem, competing directly with proprietary services like Zoom, Google Meet, and Slack’s built-in calling.
Apache-2.0 · TypeScript · Zoom vs Jitsi →
last updated nightly · ranking method: github stars, live-tracked
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Zoom?
Jitsi is the most-starred open source alternative to Zoom in this registry, with 29,931 GitHub stars. 1 alternatives are compared here in total.
Are there free alternatives to Zoom?
Yes. Every project listed on this page is open source and free to self-host — there is no licence fee. Some projects also sell a managed hosted version, but the self-hosted path costs nothing.
What should I look at when replacing Zoom?
Compare licence terms, community size (stars), primary language and release activity. A fast-moving project with a compatible licence and an active maintainer base matters more than raw star count when you are committing to a migration.