BigBlueButton
★ 9.2kA self-hosted alternative to Zoom
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintBinary · SourceNeeds Postgres
About
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom platform built for online learning and remote instruction. It is aimed primarily at teachers, instructors, and learners, but the README also notes...
Community Ratings
No ratings yetFeatures
- real-time audio sharing
- real-time video sharing
- slides with whiteboard annotations
- chat
- screen sharing
- polling
- emojis
- multi-user whiteboards
- shared notes
- breakout rooms
Details
- Last Updated
- Jul 10, 2026
- Created
- May 25, 2010
- Install Methods
- binarysource
- Requirements
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Backup & Export
- recording-playback
- Runtime / Stack
- Java
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service · database: postgres · infra: postgres
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (2 volumes)
bbb-common-web/docker-compose.yml · @ fffa374 · scanned Jun 5, 2026
version: '2'
services:
postgres:
image: postgres:${POSTGRES_VERSION}
container_name: postgres
environment:
- "TZ=UTC"
- "POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}"
- "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
ports:
- "${HOST_PORT}:${CONTAINER_PORT}"
volumes:
- "./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
- "./src/main/java/db/migration:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d"
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