# BigBlueButton

> BigBlueButton is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the 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. It has 9,236 GitHub stars, is released under the LGPL-3.0 license. It is a self-hosted alternative to Zoom and Google Meet.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton |
| Website | https://bigbluebutton.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 9,236 |
| Forks | 5,974 |
| Open issues | 631 |
| License | LGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | Java |
| Categories | Video Conferencing & VoIP |
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,497 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v3.0.39 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Created | May 25, 2010 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: conferencing, webrtc, video, collaboration, video-conferencing, bigbluebutton

## Install

BigBlueButton installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton.

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## BigBlueButton replaces

- [Zoom alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/zoom): A video conferencing service for meetings and webinars.
- [Google Meet alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/google-meet): Google's video meeting service bundled with Workspace.

## Comparisons

- [Jitsi Meet vs BigBlueButton](https://appsgit.com/compare/jitsi-meet-vs-bigbluebutton): Pick Jitsi Meet if you want quick, account-free video meetings that are easy to host; pick BigBlueButton if you run online classes and need whiteboards, breakout rooms and recordings.

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