jech/galene

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Galène is a self-hosted videoconferencing server written in Go that implements a selective forwarding unit (SFU) for WebRTC, with an included web client. It is designed for lectures, conferences, tutorials, and meetings while requiring very modest server resources.

Use cases

• host my own video conferencing server
• run online lectures and seminars for a university
• self-hosted alternative to Jitsi or Zoom
• lightweight video calls on a Raspberry Pi or small VPS
• stream a conference talk to remote attendees
• share screen and files during a meeting
• build a custom WebRTC client against a documented protocol

When to choose

• you want a low-resource, easy-to-administer self-hosted videoconference server
• you need to run meetings or lectures on modest hardware like an SBC
• you want a documented client protocol to build custom frontends
• you prefer a single Go binary with simple group configuration files

When to avoid

• you need end-to-end encrypted calls (Galène only encrypts client-to-server)
• you need a managed SaaS solution with no server administration
• you need heavy production testing on Windows
• you need built-in features like breakout rooms or cloud recording out of the box

Facets

service · maturity stable

websocket http-server web-framework file-upload web-development self-hosted windows go self-hosted cross-platform videoconferencing webrtc sfu video-conference file-sharing screen-sharing lectures meetings real-time communication linux macos web-server

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