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Jitsi Video BridgevsLemmy

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Jitsi Video BridgeLemmy
Score66/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 25 in Video Conferencing#3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars3 10714 651
Stars, last 30 days+2+44
Stable releases, 12 months83
Latest releasestable/jitsi-meet_11248 · 14 Sept 20260.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageKotlinRust

Which one should you pick?

Lemmy scores 75/100 against 66/100 for Jitsi Video Bridge, so it is the safer default.

Jitsi Video Bridge ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Lemmy.

If you want the quickest setup, Lemmy is easier to run; Jitsi Video Bridge needs more configuration.

Lemmy is growing faster right now (+44 stars in 30 days).

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