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In the last stable release, Jitsi enabled a new feature called SSRC rewriting that improves the system performance for very large calls. This feature helps reduce the overall load on the system by reducing the […]

So you want to have live meetings in Moodle courses. Well, as it turns out, this is quite an easy feat. Thanks to the wonderful work done by UDIMA (Universidad a Distancia de Madrid), you […]

With the holidays just around the corner we thought it would be a cool to show a perhaps non-conventional use of the Elgato StreamDeck, a gadget I recently acquired that would make a great gift! […]

It has been a while since our first release of end-to-end encryption for the web app and ever since we have tried to enhance and improve it. One of these enhancements was the introduction of […]

Back in 2018 we first released cascaded bridges based on geo-location on meet.jit.si. Then in 2020 as we struggled to scale the service to handle the increased traffic that came with the pandemic we had […]

Virtual / hybrid meetings are part of our everyday life now. Some meet in their home office, kitchen, slouching in the couch, while taking a walk, or even while driving! We won’t encourage you to […]

Tsahi Levent-Levi, also known as BlogGeek.me, has established himself as, arguably the most prominent WebRTC analyst. He has been commenting on the industry for the past decade, while also training WebRTC professionals, co-running the testRTC […]

Hey there Fellow Jitsters! We’ve got some great news to share: Jitsi has been selected to participate in Google Summer of Code 2022! We had a several year hiatus, but we are thrilled to be […]

Today we are releasing an often requested feature / package from the Jitsi community. We’re happy to announce the availability of the Jitsi Meet React SDK. This new SDK simplifies the integration of the Jitsi […]

The 8×8 Jitsi team is building its next great service and we need your help! We are currently working on a service that would let Jitsi users easily connect their self-hosted Jitsi  deployments to 8×8’s […]

As you may know we have worked with the European Commission on a hackathon focused on Jitsi for education. The awards ceremony tool place this past Monday. You may watch it here: Now that we’ve […]

TL;DR The Jitsi team at 8×8 are proud to announce the brand new and awesome Jitsi as a Service: world’s easiest way to embed video meetings in your apps and websites! All the power of […]

Trying to navigate the complexities of privacy protection and end-to-end encryption for real-time comms? This talk from Jitsi founder Emil Ivov will help clarify things!

Ever since the project’s inception as a multi-protocol chat client back in 2003 collaboration has been at the heart of Jitsi. Protocols came and went and now thanks to WebRTC anyone can use Jitsi Meet […]

BEFORE YOU BEGIN! Please make sure you check out our post on how end-to-end encryption in general does NOT offer a meaningful level of trust and protection when it comes to modern meetings services. Also […]

Hello Fellow Jitsters! While we work on making sure our infrastructure is able to cope with the recent surge in traffic, we have managed to ship some features we think you may like, let’s go! […]