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BigBlueButton

BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.

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  • Linux
  • Online
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • Self-Hosted
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Ubuntu Server
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Screen Sharing
  2.  Team Collaboration
  3.  Video Conferencing
  4.  Share Videos
  5.  Interactive Whiteboard
  6.  Integrated File Sharing
  7.  Real time collaboration
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Dark Mode
  10.  No Coding Required
  11.  No Tracking
  12.  Desktop Sharing
  13.  Built-in Commenting System
  14.  Share notes
  15.  Breakout rooms
  16.  Live Streaming
  17.  Teacher screen broadcasting
  18.  Direct Messaging
  19. WordPress icon  WordPress Integration
  20.  Comments and metadata saving
  21.  Shared whiteboard
  22.  Record videos
  23.  Video Calling
  24.  Meeting

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
espinozahg
2

Professional grade application. Runs in Windows, Linux, Firefox, Chromium, Chrome

Hasan Yildiz
0

Very good is job. Free group chat and open source.

Schnatt_App
0

Works mostly fine, best free tool and very good Zoom Alternative (Some PC / Laptop Mics still have problems, it is thesame with JItsi)

utkuberber
0

Open source, privacy friendly solution. Not need to install on computer. Screen sharing work fluently.

grinapo
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Pros

  • Open source and free forever.
  • Works well.
  • Can be self-hosted.
  • Able to reliably support dozens of participants.
  • Voice relies on Freeswitch, which is a proven reliable SIP server. Voice is stable even if video streams have problems.
  • Can be used by SIP clients to connect voice only.
  • Can be used with or without registration.
  • Can handle multiple moderators, silence or kick people, control screen sharing and whiteboard.

Cons

  • Relies on a pretty outdated version of operating system
  • Cannot control/change video resolution on-the-fly, which may result larger bandwidth use
  • No native mobile app, but the responsive web client works well on mobile, too.
Guest
1

Great feature set, like Zoom, but open source, and performs much better than Jitsi

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vincib
2

I like its stability, the very useful features provided for e-learning or product demonstration.

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What is BigBlueButton?

BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.

Our vision is that starting a web conference should be as easy as clicking a single metaphorical big blue button. As an open source project, we believe it should be easy for others to embrace and extend. And while web conferencing means many things to many people -- our focus is to make the best web conferencing system for distance education.

BigBlueButton supports multiple audio and video sharing, presentations with extended whiteboard capabilities - such as a pointer, zooming and drawing - public and private chat, desktop sharing, integrated VoIP using FreeSWITCH, and support for presentation of PDF documents and Microsoft Office documents. Moreover, users may enter the conference in one of two roles: viewer or moderator.

As a viewer, a user may join the voice conference, share their webcam, raise their hand, and chat with others. As a moderator, a user may mute/unmute others, eject any user from the session, and make any user the current presenter. The presenter may upload slides and control the presentation.

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GitHub repository

  •  9,220 Stars
  •  5,981 Forks
  •  726 Open Issues
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