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Galene

A lightweight, open-source videoconference server that's easy to run and handles lectures well.

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About Galene

Galene is a small, open-source videoconference server written in Go, created at a French university for lectures and meetings. It is designed to be easy to install and cheap to run: it uses little CPU, can run on modest hardware or even Windows, and its developer estimates it can serve about 300 participants per core for lecture-style sessions. Users join through a web client in desktop or mobile browsers, with screen and window sharing, chat, recording, background blur, activity detection, peer-to-peer file transfer and moderation tools such as muting, kicking and locking groups. There is also an Android client and SDKs for building other clients. Galene is free software under the MIT licence, and you host it yourself, manually or through YunoHost and some Linux distributions. Note that it does not do end-to-end encryption, so the server operator could in principle access media. It suits universities, small organisations and hobbyists who want a simple, efficient meeting server.

Best for: Universities and tinkerers who want a light, simple self-hosted meeting server.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Very light on server resources
  • MIT-licensed and simple to install
  • Scales well for lecture-style sessions

Why people leave

  • No end-to-end encryption
  • Basic interface and features
  • Small project with a small team

Top Galene alternatives

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  1. 1Jitsi Meet logo
    Jitsi Meet

    Better-known open-source meetings with mobile apps and more features.

    66.5
  2. 2BigBlueButton logo
    BigBlueButton

    Full virtual classroom features, at the cost of heavier servers.

    62.6
  3. 3MiroTalk logo
    MiroTalk

    Open-source WebRTC meetings with P2P and SFU editions.

    59.6
  4. 4Nextcloud Talk logo
    Nextcloud Talk

    Self-hosted calls integrated with files and chat.

    57.2

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Galene: common questions

Is Galene free?

Yes. Galene is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is Galene open source?

Yes. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does Galene run on?

Galene is available for Web, Self-hosted and Android.

What are the best alternatives to Galene?

The highest-ranked Galene alternatives right now are Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton and MiroTalk. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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