# Jitsi

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/jitsi-org/  
**Website:** https://jitsi.org  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Jitsi is a collection of free and open-source projects for secure, simple, and scalable real-time video conferencing, maintained by 8x8. The Jitsi stack combines a browser-based meeting application (Jitsi Meet), a WebRTC selective forwarding unit (Jitsi Videobridge), conference focus (Jicofo), SIP gateway (Jigasi), and broadcasting infrastructure (Jibri), along with web, mobile, desktop, and low-level SDKs for embedding meetings into other applications. Jitsi is also available as a fully managed offering — Jitsi as a Service (JaaS) — that exposes the same conferencing surface through a JWT-secured API and the Jitsi IFrame/External API.

## Kin Score — 32.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 1.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 73.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

## Agent readiness — 10.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (10)

- **Jitsi Meet IFrame (External) API** — Browser-side JavaScript API (also called the External API) that embeds a Jitsi Meet conference into any web page through an iframe. Exposes the JitsiMeetExternalAPI constructor ...
- **lib-jitsi-meet (Low-Level JavaScript API)** — Low-level JavaScript library for building entirely custom video conferencing experiences on top of the Jitsi infrastructure. Exposes JitsiConnection, JitsiConference, JitsiTrack...
- **Jitsi Videobridge REST API** — Administrative HTTP API exposed by Jitsi Videobridge for operators to read bridge state, list active conferences, inspect endpoints, gracefully drain a bridge, and scrape Promet...
- **Jicofo REST API** — Operations REST API exposed by Jicofo (Jitsi Conference Focus) for inspecting in-progress conferences, listing the bridge selection state, and triggering graceful shutdowns. Use...
- **Jibri REST API** — HTTP control API exposed by Jibri (Jitsi BRoadcasting Infrastructure) for starting and stopping recording or live-streaming sessions, reporting health, and surfacing the busy/id...
- **JaaS (Jitsi as a Service) REST API** — Managed Jitsi as a Service offering from 8x8 that fronts the open-source Jitsi stack with a JWT-secured REST surface for issuing meeting tokens, managing rooms, fetching recordi...
- **JaaS IFrame API** — JaaS-flavoured IFrame API that loads external_api.js from 8x8-vc.com (the managed Jitsi domain) and authenticates each meeting with a signed JWT issued for the tenant. Provides ...
- **Jitsi Meet Mobile SDK (Android, iOS, React Native)** — Native mobile SDKs that embed the full Jitsi Meet experience inside Android and iOS applications, plus a React Native module published from the jitsi-meet repository. Each SDK e...
- **Jitsi Meet Electron SDK** — Electron toolkit for embedding Jitsi Meet inside a desktop application, including remote control, always-on-top thumbnails, screen sharing, and native window integration. Powers...
- **Jitsi Meet React SDK** — React component wrapper around the Jitsi Meet IFrame API that provides idiomatic <JitsiMeeting /> and <JaaSMeeting /> components, type definitions, hooks for events, and ref-bas...

## Security (1)

- **Jitsi Org Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Use cases (6)

- **Embedded video meetings in SaaS apps** — Drop Jitsi Meet into a product (HR, healthcare, education, support) via the IFrame API or React SDK.
- **Privacy-focused / sovereign video calling** — Self-host the full stack on infrastructure you control to meet data-residency or regulatory requirements.
- **Telehealth and online education** — HIPAA/FERPA-aligned deployments using self-hosted Jitsi or JaaS with recording disabled.
- **Webinars and live streaming** — Use Jibri for server-side recording and one-click RTMP streaming to YouTube, Twitch, or a custom ingest.
- **SIP/PSTN bridging** — Use Jigasi to dial regular phones into Jitsi meetings or bring SIP room systems into a Jitsi conference.
- **Custom video apps** — Build a bespoke conferencing UX on top of lib-jitsi-meet without operating XMPP or WebRTC primitives yourself.

## Tags

Video Conferencing, WebRTC, Real-Time Communication, Open-Source, Voice, Video, SIP, Streaming, Recording, Self-Hosted

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/jitsi-org/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.