Galene
Galene is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Video Conferencing & VoIP category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Zoom and Google Meet. It has 1,425 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,425
- Forks
- 205
- Open issues
- 50
- Commits, last 12 months
- 103
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Dec 19, 2020
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 103 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 103 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 50 |
| Open pull requests | 16 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 19, 2020 |
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About Galene
Video conferencing server that is easy to deploy and that requires moderate server resources.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/jech/galene.
Topics
- sfu
- videoconference
- webapp
- webrtc
- file-sharing
- galene
- video-conference
- video-conferencing
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Is Galene free and open source?
Yes. Galene is open-source software released under the MIT 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 Galene with Docker?
Galene does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Go), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Galene?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Galene include Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton and Janus. Galene itself is a self-hosted alternative to Zoom and Google Meet.
Is Galene actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Galene was on Oct 23, 2026 with 103 commits in the past twelve months. It had 50 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.