Jitsi Videobridge vs mediasoup
Jitsi Videobridge
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| Figure | Jitsi Videobridge | mediasoup |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Video APIs | 7.9 (#18) | 8.3 (#8) |
| Deployment | Jitsi lists stable and nightly Ubuntu and Debian packages and provides self-hosting instructions for Jitsi Meet. | The project describes itself as a low-level media-layer component intended for integration into applications, including group video chat, real-time broadcasting, and RTP streaming. |
| Media handling | Videobridge relays video instead of mixing participants’ video channels. | It receives audio and video streams from endpoints and relays them to other endpoints, which can select the streams and spatial or temporal layers they receive. |
| Purpose | Jitsi Videobridge is an open-source Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) that routes video streams among conference participants. | mediasoup is a Selective Forwarding Unit for building multi-party video conferencing and real-time streaming applications. |
| Support | Jitsi’s FAQ says neither the Jitsi team nor 8x8 provides commercial support, and directs users to the community forum for paid-work requests. | The open-source project is supported on a best-effort basis; it directs questions to its Discourse group and bugs or feature requests to issue trackers. |
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Jitsi Videobridge
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