BigBlueButton

BigBlueButton is a virtual classroom for online teaching, training, and workshops. It combines audio and video with presentations, shared whiteboards, polls, breakout rooms, and recordings.

The actively maintained project is licensed under LGPL-3.0 and uses TypeScript, among other technologies. You can run it yourself, and specialized companies also offer hosting and support. Greenlight, the official management interface, connects external identity providers via OpenID Connect.

Fact Sheet

Categories
Status
Actively maintained
License
  • LGPL-3.0
Operation
  • On-Premises / Self-hosted
  • SaaS
Technologies
  • TypeScript
Single Sign-On (SSO)
MCP server
  • Unknown: not specified

Data last checked on October 27, 2026

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