While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a “Know Your Customer” policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account.

One option to avoid this is to self-host, but then you’ll be identifiable via your domain and have to maintain a server.

As a true alternative to Jitsi, there’s jami.net. It is a decentralized conference app, free open-source, and account creation is optional. It’s available for all major platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android), including on F-Droid.

  • dingleberry
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    1 year ago

    Why would federated sign-in suddenly make them non-open source.

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      The comment to which I replied complained that they claim their service to be privacy friendly. They didn’t complain about the open source claim, and me neither.