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.
- Video Conferencing & VoIP
- JavaScript
- LGPL-3.0
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 9,236
- Forks
- 5,974
- Open issues
- 631
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,497
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.0.39Oct 2, 2026
- Created
- May 25, 2010
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About 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. BigBlueButton is open source under the LGPL-3.0 license and written mainly in JavaScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 9,236 stars and 5,974 forks on GitHub, with 1,497 commits over the last year. It installs natively rather than through an official Docker image, so plan for a short manual setup.
Topics
- conferencing
- webrtc
- video
- collaboration
- video-conferencing
- bigbluebutton
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What is BigBlueButton?
BigBlueButton is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Video Conferencing & VoIP category. 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. The source code lives at github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton, where it has 9,236 stars.
Is BigBlueButton free and open source?
Yes. BigBlueButton is open-source software released under the LGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run BigBlueButton with Docker?
BigBlueButton does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Java), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to BigBlueButton?
Popular open-source alternatives to BigBlueButton include Jitsi Meet, Janus and FreeSWITCH. BigBlueButton itself is a self-hosted alternative to Zoom and Google Meet.
Is BigBlueButton actively maintained?
The most recent commit to BigBlueButton was on Oct 6, 2026 with 1,497 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.0.39, published Oct 2, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.