Galene

Galene is a free and open source, self-hosted videoconference system consisting of a server and a web client, intended as an alternative to hosted platforms such as Zoom or BigBlueButton. It is designed to be lightweight and straightforward to host and administer, and was originally built for lectures, conferences and student tutorials, while also supporting conventional meetings. Traffic is encrypted and authenticated between participants and the server, though the server operator can in principle access exchanged data; self-hosting is presented as the way to control that.

The server supports multiple audio and video streams, text chat, recording to disk, user status indicators, codec selection (VP8, VP9, H.264, AV1), simulcast, SVC, congestion control, a built-in TURN server, an HTTP administrative API for groups and users, password and token-based authorization including OAuth2-style tokens, and the WHIP protocol. The browser client offers screen and window sharing, background blur, activity detection, group moderation, and peer-to-peer file transfer, working on desktop and mobile browsers. Additional components include JavaScript/TypeScript and Go client libraries, an Android client, an RTMP frontend compatible with OBS Studio, speech-to-text transcription, an experimental SIP bridge, LDAP integration, and external token server support.

Galene is distributed under the MIT licence and can be installed manually or through Yunohost, with community packages available for Arch Linux and FreeBSD. It is aimed at organizations and individuals who want to run their own videoconferencing infrastructure, such as universities and conference organizers. No paid editions, trials, or seat-based or usage-based pricing are described.