No. 26 of 43 ·Video Conferencing Software

Apache OpenMeetings

Web · Android · iPhone · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.4

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Apache OpenMeetings is ranked #26 of 43 in video conferencing software on Freedom251. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on video conferencing software

Diagramming tools: Yes
Video meetings: Yes
App availability: web + mobile

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The record

Product: OpenMeetings provides video conferencing, instant messaging, whiteboards, collaborative document editing, and other groupware tools.
Audio and video: Conference participants can choose audio and video, audio only, video only, or picture only, and adjust quality, camera resolution, and input devices.
Recording and sharing: Sessions can be recorded for MP4 download, and users can share a desktop or window.
Whiteboard: The multi-whiteboard supports drawing, writing, images, clip art, and importing formats including PDF, DOC, ODT, and PPT.
Rooms and files: Each conference room has a file explorer with a shared public drive, while each user has a private drive.
Meetings: The integrated calendar supports invitations to internal or external attendees and sends meeting details by email.
Integrations: The project describes REST and SOAP APIs, LDAP/ADS connectors, and VoIP/Asterisk integration modules.
Third-party plugins: The downloads page points users to plugins for Moodle, Drupal, and Joomla; it says some plugins are non-ASF downloads.
Self-hosting: The installation guide instructs users to install Kurento Media Server, download OpenMeetings, and run its web installer.
Requirements: The installation guide says Java 21 is required; the 9.1.0 release announcement says KMS 7.3.0 or later is required.
Security: The downloads page advises verifying downloads with the project's code-signing keys.
Security update: The security page says CVE-2026-49488, an arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting versions from 5.0.0 up to but not including 9.1.0, was fixed in 9.1.0.
Support: The project lists commercial providers offering services such as code support, development, integration, and bug fixing.
Audience and scale: The commercial-support page lists hosted offerings for 100, 200, or 400 concurrent users on dedicated servers and 800, 1,600, or more users on an elastic private cloud.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Video Conferencing Software in 2026#26 of 43
Best Collaborative Whiteboard Software in 2026#15 of 30
Best Secure Video Conferencing Software in 2026#24 of 29

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Sources

openmeetings.apache.org· checked 4 Oct 2026
openmeetings.apache.org/downloads.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
openmeetings.apache.org/installation.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
openmeetings.apache.org/security.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
openmeetings.apache.org/commercial-support.html· checked 4 Oct 2026