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[](#backers) [](#sponsors)
[](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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[](https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu/actions/workflows/openvidu-integration-tests.yml)
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docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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[](https://openvidu.io/latest/docs/)
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[](https://hub.docker.com/r/openvidu/openvidu-server/tags)
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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[](https://hub.docker.com/r/openvidu/openvidu-server)
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[](https://openvidu.discourse.group/)
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[](https://twitter.com/openvidu)
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[![][OpenViduLogo]](https://openvidu.io)
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openvidu
===
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Visit [openvidu.io ](https://openvidu.io )
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## What is OpenVidu?
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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OpenVidu is a self-hosted real-time video and audio stack, built on top of
[LiveKit ](https://livekit.io ) and [mediasoup ](https://mediasoup.org ), and developed by a team
with over a decade of experience building WebRTC systems. It ships as two products:
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docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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### OpenVidu Meet
**[OpenVidu Meet](https://openvidu.io/latest/meet/)** is a ready-to-use, self-hosted video
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conferencing application: an open-source alternative to Zoom, Google Meet and Jitsi Meet.
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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**Using it requires no code.** You deploy it and it works — rooms, recordings, chat, screen
sharing and moderation included. It is also highly customizable: brand it with your own name,
logo and colours, and choose which features each participant gets.
< a href = "https://openvidu.io/latest/meet/" > < img src = "docs/images/openvidu-meet-app.jpg" alt = "The OpenVidu Meet application: a video meeting with two participants, the self-view, and the toolbar with camera, microphone, screen sharing, captions and recording controls" width = "560" > < / a >
**With minimal effort it embeds into your own application**, through an `<iframe>` or the
OpenVidu Meet **web component** , and is driven from your backend with a REST API and webhooks:
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< a href = "https://openvidu.io/latest/meet/embedded/intro/" > < img src = "https://openvidu.io/latest/assets/images/meet/embedded/use-cases/support-meeting.png" alt = "OpenVidu Meet embedded inside a customer support web application: a two-participant video call with recording, screen sharing, chat and call controls, surrounded by the host application's own interface" width = "560" > < / a >
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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### OpenVidu Platform
**[OpenVidu Platform](https://openvidu.io/latest/docs/)** is the programmable client and server
SDKs for building custom WebRTC applications with low-level control over media, on top of
LiveKit and mediasoup. It is **API-compatible with LiveKit** : any LiveKit client/server SDK
works unchanged.
### Both products
- **Self-hosted only**: deploy them on your own infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle,
DigitalOcean, on-premises). There is no hosted/SaaS tier: OpenVidu PRO is a paid, self-hosted
edition, and the OpenVidu team offers
[support and consultancy ](https://openvidu.io/support/ ).
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- Advanced media features: recording, RTMP/streaming egress, AI agents (transcription,
translation), virtual backgrounds, and more.
## Getting started
- 📖 [Documentation ](https://openvidu.io/latest/docs/ )
- 🚀 [Try it locally ](https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu-local-deployment )
- 💻 [Tutorials ](https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu-tutorials )
docs(readme): correct the self-hosting claim, refresh 2.x badges, define Meet and Platform
The README is the page AI assistants read first when asked about OpenVidu, and
they repeat what it says. Measured in the 2026-09 AI-visibility probe: ChatGPT's
branded answer reports "Cloud offering: Yes" for OpenVidu (most plausible source:
the "or use it as a managed service" bullet below) and says "Historically,
OpenVidu was built around Kurento" (the badges advertised OpenVidu 2.x).
- Remove the "managed service" wording: OpenVidu is self-hosted only, PRO is a
paid self-hosted edition, and support/consultancy is the commercial offering.
- Replace the OpenVidu 2.x badges: the removed openvidu-ce-test.yml workflow ->
openvidu-integration-tests.yml, npm openvidu-browser (2.32.2) ->
openvidu-components-angular (3.8.0), the Read the Docs badge for
docs.openvidu.io/en/stable (2.x) -> a docs badge linking to
openvidu.io/latest/docs, and Docker openvidu/openvidu-server-kms (last pushed
2022) -> openvidu/openvidu-server.
- Rewrite "What is OpenVidu?" so each product is defined in one unambiguous
sentence and linked to its landing page: OpenVidu Meet (ready-to-use,
self-hosted video conferencing app) -> openvidu.io/latest/meet, OpenVidu
Platform (programmable client/server SDKs) -> openvidu.io/latest/docs.
- Add a screenshot of OpenVidu Meet embedded in a host application, served from
openvidu.io.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YNJWZkfxohu1sYpPSwp1kS
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- 🎥 [OpenVidu Meet ](https://openvidu.io/latest/meet/ ) — the ready-to-use video conferencing app ([source](https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu-meet))
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## Community Forum
Visit [OpenVidu Community Forum ](https://openvidu.discourse.group/ )
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[OpenViduLogo]: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5daba1d43042f2e4e85849733c8e5702?s=120
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## Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.
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< a href = "https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu/contributors" > < img src = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/contributors.svg?width=890&button=false" / > < / a >
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## Backers
Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer ](https://opencollective.com/openvidu#backer )]
< a href = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu#backers" target = "_blank" > < img src = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/backers.svg?width=890" > < / a >
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## Acknowledgments
OpenVidu has been supported under project "CPP2021-008720 NewGenVidu: An elastic, user-friendly and privacy-friendly videoconferencing platform", funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union-NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
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< img height = "75px" src = "https://docs.openvidu.io/en/stable/img/logos/support.jpg" >
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## Sponsors
Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Become a sponsor ](https://opencollective.com/openvidu#sponsor )]
< a href = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/sponsor/0/website" target = "_blank" > < img src = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/sponsor/0/avatar.svg" > < / a >
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< a href = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/sponsor/9/website" target = "_blank" > < img src = "https://opencollective.com/openvidu/sponsor/9/avatar.svg" > < / a >
