Video Conferencing

Why Self-Host Your Video Conferencing?

Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams route all video and audio through their servers, where call metadata — participants, duration, frequency, and sometimes recordings — is logged and stored. Zoom has faced multiple privacy controversies, including routing calls through Chinese servers and misrepresenting end-to-end encryption claims. For organizations discussing sensitive topics — legal proceedings, medical consultations, board meetings, or classified information — self-hosted video conferencing ensures that call data never leaves your network.

Jitsi Meet is the leading self-hosted video conferencing platform, providing browser-based video calls with no client installation required, screen sharing, chat, recording, and breakout rooms. It supports large meetings and can be configured with end-to-end encryption. BigBlueButton is purpose-built for online education, with features like virtual whiteboards, shared notes, polling, and breakout rooms designed for classroom-style interaction. Mumble provides low-latency voice communication — originally designed for gaming, it excels at always-on voice channels for teams that need constant audio communication without the overhead of video.

MiroTalk P2P provides peer-to-peer video calls that bypass the server entirely for two-party conversations, minimizing latency and eliminating server-side recording concerns. Nextcloud Talk integrates video conferencing directly into Nextcloud, combining file sharing, chat, and video calls in one platform. OpenTalk provides a data-protection-focused meeting platform designed for European compliance requirements. Briefing offers simple, one-click video meetings without accounts or installations. TrueConf Server delivers enterprise video conferencing with SIP/H.323 interoperability for organizations that need to connect with traditional video conferencing hardware.