plugNmeet — Self-Hosted, Open-Source

Features

• High-Performance & Scalable: Built with Go and leveraging the power of LiveKit, ensuring a robust and lightweight system.
• Adaptive Streaming: Simulcast and Dynacast support ensures stable calls even on poor networks by intelligently managing video quality and bandwidth. Supported codecs include H264, VP8, VP9, and AV1.
• Rich Collaboration Tools: Engage users with HD audio/video, screen sharing, virtual backgrounds, a collaborative whiteboard with office file support (PDF, DOCX, PPTX), shared notepad, polls, and breakout rooms.
• Secure & Private Communication: Features WebRTC-based encryption by default, with optional End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) for all media and data channels, ensuring conversations remain confidential.
• AI-Powered Meeting Intelligence: Turn meetings into actionable intelligence. The AI agent provides live spoken translations, real-time transcription, and automated summaries with action items, all accessible via the Artifacts API.
• Telephone Dial-In (SIP Gateway): Allow participants to join the audio of your meeting by dialing a standard phone number—no internet required.
• Flexible Integration: Easily integrate with any website or system using our straightforward API and SDKs for PHP and JavaScript. Ready-to-use plugins are available for WordPress, Moodle, and Joomla.
• Deep Customization: Easily customize the UI, features, branding, and URLs to match your application's look and feel without modifying core code.
• Advanced Broadcasting & Recording: Includes reliable MP4 recording, RTMP/RTMPS broadcasting to services like YouTube, and RTMP/WHIP ingress for professional production tools like OBS.
• Cross-Device Compatibility: Works on all modern browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Safari for iOS, with no downloads required.

Installation

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 \ -v $PWD/config.yaml:/config.yaml \ mynaparrot/plugnmeet-server \ --config /config.yaml \

Why self-host plugNmeet

Self-hosting gives you three things SaaS can’t: data ownership (the files live on disks you control), cost predictability (a one-time setup vs. recurring per-seat fees that grow with your household or team), and longevity (open-source means the app keeps working even if the maintainers move on, since you can pin a working version). The trade-off is that you take on the operational work of running a server, applying updates, and handling backups.

What hardware do you need

Most self-hosted apps run comfortably on modest hardware — a Raspberry Pi 4, a mini PC, a NAS with Docker support, or a small VPS is usually enough for personal or family use. CPU and RAM requirements scale with how many simultaneous users or how much data you push through plugNmeet. Storage requirements depend on the kind of data you keep; check the README for guidance on data retention.

Where to go from here

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