BigBlueButton vs Jitsi Meet (2026): self-host requirements and licence
BigBlueButton and Jitsi Meet are both open source video conferencing you can run yourself. BigBlueButton asks for a much bigger server.
BigBlueButton vs Jitsi Meet at a glance
| BigBlueButton | Jitsi Meet | |
|---|---|---|
| License | LGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Latest release (29 Oct 2026) | v4.0.0, 15 Oct 2026 | stable/jitsi-meet_11248, 14 Sep 2026 |
| CPU | "8 CPU cores, with high single-thread performance" | "4 dedicated cores can be enough" |
| RAM | "16 GB of memory with swap enabled" | 8 GB suggested, 4 GB for small meetings |
| Disk | "500 GB of free disk space (or more)" | "20 Gbytes of standard hard disk" |
| Install | bbb-install.sh script on Ubuntu 24.04 | Docker Compose, or Debian and Ubuntu packages |
Requirements compared
BigBlueButton's production minimum is Ubuntu 24.04, the latest Docker, 16 GB of memory, 8 CPU cores and 500 GB of free disk. Jitsi Meet's handbook suggests 4 cores, 8 GB of RAM and 20 GB of disk for a basic server. Recording on Jitsi needs far more than Jitsi Meet itself.
Upgrades
BigBlueButton says upgrading directly from 2.6, 2.7 or 3.0 "is not supported". Jitsi's Docker install updates by downloading the latest release again.
See self-host Jitsi Meet.