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jitsi-videobridge

Jitsi Videobridge is a WebRTC compatible video router or SFU that lets build highly scalable video conferencing infrastructure (i.e., up to hundreds of conferences per server).

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Jitsi Videobridge is a WebRTC compatible video router or SFU that lets build highly scalable video conferencing infrastructure (i.e., up to hundreds of conferences per server).

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:01:12 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-12-28 18:26:27 UTC to 2022-12-21 20:47:45 UTC.

012342013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20132014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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j_s·Oct 13, 2017
Awesome client-side resource! WebRTC is poised to hit the big time now that it is supported by iOS 11. For both of my questions below I will link options from previous discussions[1]; any experience you can share would be appreciated. 1) What is the best option to implement a server that can tie into WebRTC for audio/video/screensharing? https://github.com/mappum/electron-webrtc - simple but bulky Node.js WebRTC via a hidden Electron process https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/webrtc - C++ Chromium WebRTC https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-videobridge - Java video conferencing https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server | https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu - Node.js media server transitioning after Twilio hired key devs https://www.wowza.com/products/capabilities/webrtc-streaming... - commercial; in preview 2) What is the best mi
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nimal WebRTC server-side option just for UDP? https://github.com/js-platform/node-webrtc - Node.js native module with mystical pre-built binaries https://github.com/HumbleNet/HumbleNet/ - C++ Mozilla + Humble Bundle code drop that does signalling via WebSockets (instead of STUN/TURN/ICE?) https://github.com/rawrtc/rawrtc - C with CLI examples; media someday? https://github.com/rawrtc/rawrtc/issues/4 https://github.com/seemk/WebUdp - prototype C++ WebRTC datachannel server for Linux looking for help https://github.com/brkho/client-server-webrtc-example - C++ MVP using Chromium WebRTC http://blog.brkho.com/2017/03/15/dive-into-client-server-web... -- [1] A real world guide to WebRTC | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14787285 (Jul 2017, 59 comments)
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