Self-host Jitsi Meet
updated Sep 2026deployed by usprices checked · Jul 2026Install verified on Ubuntu 26.04 · Sep 2026 · how we test
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Open-source video conferencing in the browser: meetings with screen sharing, chat and optional passwords, where guests join from a link without an account. The official Docker setup runs the web frontend, Prosody, Jicofo and the Jitsi Videobridge as separate containers.
Key facts
CategoryVideo conferencing
LicenseApache-2.0
StackTypeScript, Java, Lua, WebRTC
Min RAM2048 MB
Official imageyes
Measured idle RAM336 MB
Difficulty
What you need
- Any VPS with at least 2048 MB of RAM
- A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
- About an afternoon — budget time for troubleshooting
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Install
Run these commands on your server:
# Jitsi Meet — the official docker-jitsi-meet release (web, Prosody, Jicofo, JVB)
mkdir -p ~/jitsi && cd ~/jitsi
curl -fsSL https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/archive/refs/tags/stable-11248.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
cp env.example .env
# fills the internal XMPP passwords in .env with `openssl rand -hex 16` values
./gen-passwords.sh
mkdir -p ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/{web,prosody/config,prosody/prosody-plugins-custom,jicofo,jvb,jigasi,jibri,transcriber}
mkdir -p ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/storage/{jibri,prosody,transcripts,web} ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/tmp/{web-crontabs,web-load-test}
chmod 777 ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/storage/{jibri,prosody,transcripts,web} ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/tmp/{web-crontabs,web-load-test}
docker compose up -d
# HTTP on http://SERVER_IP:8000 is for a TLS reverse proxy; browsers only allow camera/mic over HTTPS (https://SERVER_IP:8443, self-signed)
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