BigBlueButton vs Jitsi Meet
Both are self-hosted communication - video conferencing projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| BigBlueButton | Jitsi Meet | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 87/100 | 85/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 1573 | 749 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 387 | 234 |
| Stars | 9.2k | 30k |
| Latest release | 11 Sept 2026 | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | LGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Java | Nodejs, Docker, deb |
| Typical RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB |
BigBlueButton
Supports real-time sharing of audio, video, slides (with whiteboard controls), chat, and the screen. Instructors can engage remote students with polling, emojis, and breakout rooms.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 87% of tracked projects; popularity more than 78%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
Jitsi Meet
WebRTC application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 74% of tracked projects; popularity more than 92%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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