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What's a good open-source alternative to Google Hangouts and Skype? I'd really love a video call tool the quality of Mumble; a few basic features, reasonable c
by cryptarch 10y ago
What's a good open-source alternative to Google Hangouts and Skype?
I'd really love a video call tool the quality of Mumble; a few basic features, reasonable call quality, low-latency and fast reconnects. Skype and Hangouts never came close to that for me.
- javitury 10y agoThe most promising ones are ring.cx and tox.chat. Just note that they are in development and not stable yet.
- fixermark 10y agoNothing. Realtime multi-directional video over the Internet is pretty high on the pyramid of software complexity. There are a lot of corner-case problems that can only be solved by rolling up one's sleeves and building one-off solutions for a variety of hardware, OS, and browser quirks. To my knowledge, no open source project has attracted enough critical mass to have the army of supporters that can get in and solve those problems. It's boring, glory-free grunge work, so good luck finding people you aren't paying to get it done.
- hackuser 10y agoSome commenters recommend Jitsi: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13765289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13765289
- cpeterso 10y agoappear.in and talky.io are nice and simple video chat services using WebRTC.