Best Open Source Voice/Video Chat Tools

(Technology has come so far, we can transmit video)

♦️Jitsi
~~ https://jitsi.org

♦️Linphone
~~ https://www.linphone.org

♦️Nextcloud Talk
~~ https://nextcloud.com/talk

♦️Jami
~~ https://jami.net

♦️Wire
~~ https://wire.com

♦️Matrix
~~ https://matrix.org

♦️Signal
~~ https://signal.org

♦️BigBlueButton
~~ https://docs.nixnet.services/BigBlueButton


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#chat #video #videocall #alternatives #foss #not #skype

FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web

Zoom is the worst of all. Heil facetime!

Android and Windows users will finally be able to join FaceTime calls. During its WWDC keynote, Apple announced that FaceTime is going to be available on the web so users can call in from Android devices and Windows PCs. The video calling service was previously only available on iOS and Mac devices.

Apple is turning FaceTime into a bit more of a Zoom-like video calling service with this update. FaceTime is also going to allow you to grab a link to a scheduled call so that you can share it with people in advance and join in at the right time. A major new feature SharePlay will let a group of people watch or listen to the same thing at once


https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522889/apple-facetime-android-windows-web-ios-15-wwdc

#facetime #apple #zoom #videocall

kMeet
Free and secure videoconferencing solution

kMeet is a videoconferencing solution that respects your privacy for all your discussions.No e-mail address, no advertising and no registration are required. Your discussions are not analysed and are only transmitted through Infomaniak servers in Switzerland.

Features :
- Create online (audio and video) meetings with multiple people
- Excellent audio quality
- Unlimited number of participants (subject to resources)
- No apps required for desktop computers
- Join meetings hosted by Infomaniak Meet or Jitsi
- Protect access to your meetings with a password
- Discuss and share resources via the integrated chat function
- Invite your participants via a URL

Download - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infomaniak.meet

https://github.com/Infomaniak/android-infomaniak-meet

#im #Videocall

@foss_Android

Jitsi's official instance now requires you to authenticate with Facebook, Google, or Microsoft to host a call

https://jitsi.org/blog/authentication-on-meet-jit-si/

Jitsi was a quick-and-easy (not to mention private and anonymous) video chat tool for friends and also strangers. Jitsi's killer feature was being a FOSS 1-click, no sign-up call service.

Now you'll have to deploy your own instance if you want to avoid authenticating with Facebook, Google, or Microsoft (Github). But by deploying your own instance, you are effectively no longer anonymous, as you'll need to provide billing info to your host, or provide your home IP so folks can connect to it.

https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances/

This list is dynamically refreshed and provides a fair amount of alternative servers:
https://ladatano.partidopirata.com.ar/jitsimeter/

#jitsi #videocall