Jitsi Meet vs The Lounge
A side-by-side comparison of Jitsi Meet and The Lounge — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Self-hostable open-source video conferencing alternative to Teams meetings | Modern, self-hosted web IRC client for always-on team chat |
| Category | Team Chat & Collaboration | Team Chat & Collaboration |
| Replaces | Microsoft Teams | Slack |
| GitHub stars | 24k | 6.3k |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 5 days ago | 1 month ago |
| View repo | View repo |
