About plugNmeet
Plug-N-Meet is an open-source web conferencing system built on the WebRTC infrastructure of LiveKit, written in Go. It is designed to be scalable and easy to customize so that a self-hosted video conferencing experience can be integrated into any existing website, application or system.
Collaboration tools include HD audio and video, screen sharing, virtual backgrounds, a collaborative whiteboard with office file support for PDF, DOCX and PPTX, a shared notepad, polls and breakout rooms. Adaptive streaming uses simulcast and dynacast with H264, VP8, VP9 and AV1 codecs to keep calls stable on poor networks. WebRTC encryption is on by default, with optional end-to-end encryption for media and data channels, and a SIP gateway lets participants join the audio by phone. An AI agent adds live spoken translation, real-time transcription and automated summaries with action items, available through an Artifacts API.
Integration is done through an API and SDKs, including one for PHP, and webhooks. Plug-N-Meet is licensed under MIT and has a developer community on Discord.
Key features
- LiveKit-based video conferencing
- Whiteboard with office file support
- Breakout rooms and polls
- Optional end-to-end encryption
- SIP telephone dial-in
- AI transcription, translation and summaries
Good fit for
- →Embedding video meetings into a web app
- →Self-hosted conferencing for schools and organizations
- Built with
- Go
- Tags
- video-conferencing
- webrtc
- livekit
- self-hosted
- golang
- whiteboard
- ai-agent
- sip
plugNmeet: questions and answers
- What is plugNmeet used for?
- plugNmeet is a self-hosted, LiveKit-based web conferencing system with whiteboard, breakout rooms, SIP dial-in and an AI meeting agent. It is a good fit for embedding video meetings into a web app, and self-hosted conferencing for schools and organizations.
- Is plugNmeet open source?
- Yes. plugNmeet is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at mynaparrot/plugNmeet-server and is written mainly in Go.
- Is plugNmeet free?
- Yes. plugNmeet is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host plugNmeet?
- Yes. plugNmeet can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is plugNmeet an alternative to?
- plugNmeet is an open-source alternative to Zoom, Google Meet, Webex and GoTo Meeting. Other open-source alternatives to Zoom include BigBlueButton, Jitsi Meet and La Suite Meet.
- Is plugNmeet actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to plugNmeet was on 1 October 2026, and the latest release is v2.5.1, published on 23 September 2026. The project has 564 stars on GitHub.
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