TrueMetaverse vs WorkAdventure
TrueMetaverse
github.com
WorkAdventure
workadventu.reSide by side
| Figure | TrueMetaverse | WorkAdventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €8/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Virtual Meeting Room Software | 6.9 (#21) | 7.9 (#8) |
| Communication | LiveKit provides audio, camera video, and screen sharing, with TURN fallback for restrictive networks. | Users can approach avatars to start spontaneous text, audio, or video conversations in private bubbles. |
| Integrations | The documented stack integrates LiveKit, Excalidraw, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker Compose, and Cloudflare DNS. | Listed integrations include Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Google Calendar, Google Meet, YouTube, Klaxoon, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides, Excalidraw, and others. |
| Product | TrueMetaverse is a self-hosted, real-time 2D virtual world for studying, meeting, presenting, playing, and spending time together online. | WorkAdventure is a virtual world for teams to meet, talk and collaborate, and the maker also presents it for virtual events, classrooms, and recruitment. |
| Security | The project documents JWT authentication, salted scrypt password hashing, per-IP rate limits on failed signup and signin attempts, and server-side validation of room and game actions. | The maker says it complies with GDPR, stores no unnecessary data, and hosts all services in the EU. |
| Support | For vulnerability reports, the maker says they will acknowledge reports as soon as practical; no general support service is specified in the README. | Paid plans list onboarding expertise and priority customer support; the Free plan includes documentation and one free hour with a dedicated customer success manager. |
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In their own words
TrueMetaverse
TrueMetaverse is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted realtime 2D world for studying, meetings, presentations, games, and shared online time. Users create or join pixel-art spaces with realtime presence, grid movement, collision-aware maps, and short room codes. Five maps are included, along with a server-controlled Hide & Seek mode for 3–12 players per room. Shared activities use LiveKit audio and video rooms, screen sharing, and a synchronized Excalidraw whiteboard controlled by its creator. Study sessions provide persistent timers and daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time leaderboards. The product runs in a browser, with keyboard controls on desktop and joystick and zoom controls on touch devices. Docker deployment can place the frontend, APIs, realtime server, database, media services, TLS, and TURN on one VPS. The README describes JWT authentication, salted scrypt password hashing, per-IP failed-login limits, and server-side validation. Restarting the single WebSocket process clears room, whiteboard, and active game state.
WorkAdventure
WorkAdventure is a virtual world for teams to meet, talk and collaborate, and it is also presented for virtual events, classrooms and recruitment. People can approach avatars to start spontaneous private text, audio or video conversations. Persistent rooms, spatial audio, guest access, screen sharing and role-based access controls are listed.
WorkAdventure runs on web, desktop and mobile platforms, and can be installed as a Progressive Web App on computers and phones. Its core is available for self-hosting. Listed integrations include Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Google Calendar, Google Meet, YouTube, Klaxoon, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Excalidraw. The free plan has unlimited duration but is limited to 10 simultaneous users; users above that cap are denied access. Free includes documentation and one hour with a dedicated customer success manager. Event costs €4, paid once, billed per day per user; Business costs €8 a month, billed per month per user. Paid plans list customization options and priority support.