| Galene | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Juliusz Chroboczek |
| Release | December 19, 2020 |
| Stable release | 1.0[1] 
/ 9 August 2025 |
| Written in | Go, JavaScript |
| Type | Videoconferencing |
| License | MIT License[2] |
| Website | galene |
| Repository | github |
Galene or Galène is a free and open-source multiplatform videoconferencing system that aims to use moderate server resources and to be very simple to install, administer and maintain.[3][4]
History
editGalene was initially developed in the spring of 2020, during the first COVID-19 lockdown to provide a platform for remote teaching and remote examinations for the Department of Computer Science of the University of Paris-Cité.[5] In September 2020, it started being used for staff meetings in addition to teaching, and was later used for remote access at a number of scientific and technical conferences.
Between September 2020 and February 2021, development of Galene was partly supported by Nexedi. Since June 2024, Galene development is being funded by the NLnet foundation.[6]
Technical details
editGalene is based on the WebRTC protocol suite. Galene's server is implemented in Go, and uses the Pion implementation of WebRTC. It implements two signalling protocols: Galene's native protocol, which is fully documented[7] and designed to be easy to implement by third-party clients, and the IETF WHIP protocol,[8][9] which provides support for audio and video ingress from clients such as OBS Studio.[10]
Galene comes bundled with a default client that is written in JavaScript and is able to run in recent versions of all major browsers. Other clients have been developed,[11][12] but, as of January 2025, none are as complete as the default client.
See also
edit
- Comparison of VoIP software
- Comparison of web conferencing software
- List of free and open-source software packages
- Jitsi
- BigBlueButton
References
edit- ^ Juliusz Chroboczek (9 August 2025). "[Galene] ANNOUNCE: galene-1.0". Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ^ "Galene Licence". GitHub. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ benzo (8 January 2021). "Galène, un outil de vidéoconférence petit mais costaud !" (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Kelling, Ian (25 July 2024). "A world where software freedom has a fighting chance and hope exists". fsf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Chroboczek, Juliusz (22 February 2021). "The Galène videoconferencing server" (PDF). galene.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "NLnet: Galene". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Chroboczek, Juliusz. "Galene's protocol". galene.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Chroboczek, Juliusz (12 November 2021). "Implementation Report: WHIP in Galene". datatracker.ietf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Miniero, Lorenzo (5 November 2021). "WHIP Interoperability Tests" (PDF). janus-legacy.conf.meetecho.com. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Hart, Chad (22 August 2023). "WebRTC cracks the WHIP on OBS". webrtchacks.com. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Veen, Jeroen Van (19 February 2022). "Pyrite – open-source video conferencing". garage44.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Chroboczek, Juliusz. "Native Android client for Galene". galene.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
