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# Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences
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Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache) WebRTC JavaScript application that uses [Jitsi Videobridge ](https://jitsi.org/videobridge ) to provide high quality, [secure ](#security ) and scalable video conferences. Jitsi Meet in action can be seen at [here at the session #482 of the VoIP Users Conference ](http://youtu.be/7vFUVClsNh0 ).
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The Jitsi Meet client runs in your browser, without installing anything else on your computer. You can try it out at https://meet.jit.si .
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Jitsi Meet allows very efficient collaboration. Users can stream their desktop or only some windows. It also supports shared document editing with Etherpad.
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## Installation
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On the client side, no installation is necessary. You just point your browser to the URL of your deployment. This section is about installing a Jitsi Meet suite on your server and hosting your own conferencing service.
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Installing Jitsi Meet is a simple experience. For Debian-based system, following the [quick-install ](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/quick-install.md ) document, which uses the package system. You can also see a demonstration of the process in [this tutorial video ](https://jitsi.org/tutorial ).
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For other systems, or if you wish to install all components manually, see the [detailed manual installation instructions ](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/manual-install.md ).
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## Download
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| Latest stable release | [](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/releases/latest) |
|---|---|
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You can download Debian/Ubuntu binaries:
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* [stable ](https://download.jitsi.org/stable/ ) ([instructions](https://jitsi.org/downloads/ubuntu-debian-installations-instructions/))
* [testing ](https://download.jitsi.org/testing/ ) ([instructions](https://jitsi.org/downloads/ubuntu-debian-installations-instructions-for-testing/))
* [nightly ](https://download.jitsi.org/unstable/ ) ([instructions](https://jitsi.org/downloads/ubuntu-debian-installations-instructions-nightly/))
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You can download source archives (produced by ```make source-package```):
* [source builds ](https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/src/ )
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### Mobile apps
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* [Android ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet )
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[<img src="resources/img/google-play-badge.png" height="50"> ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet )
* [Android (F-Droid) ](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/ )
[<img src="resources/img/f-droid-badge.png" height="50"> ](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/ )
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* [iOS ](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905 )
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[<img src="resources/img/appstore-badge.png" height="50"> ](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905 )
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You can also sign up for our open beta testing here:
* [Android ](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.jitsi.meet )
* [iOS ](https://testflight.apple.com/join/isy6ja7S )
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## Development
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For web development see [here ](doc/development.md ), and for mobile see [here ](doc/mobile.md ).
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## Contributing
If you are looking to contribute to Jitsi Meet, first of all, thank you! Please
see our [guidelines for contributing ](CONTRIBUTING.md ).
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## Embedding in external applications
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Jitsi Meet provides a very flexible way of embedding in external applications by using the [Jitsi Meet API ](doc/api.md ).
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## Security
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WebRTC does not (yet) provide a way of conducting multi-party conversations with end-to-end encryption.
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Unless you consistently compare DTLS fingerprints with your peers vocally, the same goes for one-to-one calls.
As a result, your stream is encrypted on the network but decrypted on the machine that hosts the bridge when using Jitsi Meet.
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The Jitsi Meet architecture allows you to deploy your own version, including
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all server components. In that case, your security guarantees will be roughly
equivalent to a direct one-to-one WebRTC call. This is the uniqueness of
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Jitsi Meet in terms of security.
The [meet.jit.si ](https://meet.jit.si ) service is maintained by the Jitsi team
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at [8x8 ](https://8x8.com ).
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## Security issues
We take security very seriously and develop all Jitsi projects to be secure and safe.
If you find (or simply suspect) a security issue in any of the Jitsi projects, please send us an email to security@jitsi.org.
**We encourage responsible disclosure for the sake of our users, so please reach out before posting in a public space.**
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## Acknowledgements
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Jitsi Meet started out as a sample conferencing application using Jitsi Videobridge. It was originally developed by ESTOS' developer Philipp Hancke who then contributed it to the community where development continues with joint forces!
