Jitsi Meet vs Mattermost
| Tagline | Self-hostable open-source video conferencing alternative to Teams meetings | Open-source, self-hostable Slack alternative for secure team messaging and collaboration |
| Category | Team Chat & Collaboration | Team Chat & Collaboration |
| Replaces | Microsoft Teams | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord |
| GitHub stars | 30k | 39k |
| Language | TypeScript | Go |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 2 days ago | 2 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Jitsi Meet
- Primarily video meetings; it is not a persistent team-chat workspace with channels
- Self-hosting the full stack (Jicofo, JVB, Prosody, TURN) for scale is non-trivial
- Large meetings require careful videobridge tuning and bandwidth provisioning
- Lacks the broader collaboration suite (files, tabs, apps) of Microsoft Teams
Mattermost
- Many advanced features (LDAP/AD, SAML/SSO, compliance exports, high availability) are gated behind paid Enterprise tiers
- Search and message UX feel less polished than Slack
- Voice/video calling is more limited than Teams' full meetings stack
- Smaller third-party app/integration marketplace than Slack
Bottom line
Choose Mattermost if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Mattermost for the larger community and ecosystem. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Jitsi Meet
Self-hostable open-source video conferencing alternative to Teams meetings
Mattermost
Open-source, self-hostable Slack alternative for secure team messaging and collaboration