Apache OpenMeetings
OpenMeetings is software used for presenting, online training, web conferencing, collaborative whiteboard drawing and document editing, and user desktop sharing. The product is based on   Red5 media server, HTML5 and  Flash which in turn are based on a number of open source components. Communication takes place in virtual "meeting rooms" which may be set to different communication, security and video quality modes. The recommended database engine for backend support is MySQL. The product can be set up as an installed server product, or used as a hosted service.

Work on OpenMeetings started in 2007 by Sebastian Wagner. Since 2009 the project became open which helped to involve other developers from different countries. Starting from 2011 main project development and technical support moved to Russia. In the meantime, web conferencing services based on OpenMeetings formally are offered by about a dozen companies around the world. Since 2012, the project is being developed under the auspices of open-source devoted Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and possesses Apache License, which allows it to be used in commercial projects. Since 2012 OpenMeetings progress is presented regularly at the ApacheCon.

Public facilities include the educational intranet "Koblenzer Schulnetz" in Koblenz, Germany and two public demo-servers.

Articles have been published at ZDNet Blogs and a publication in LinuxMag France Page 40-44 and Ajax Magazine.

OpenMeetings is used for web conferencing in FOSS e-learning solutions Moodle and Atutor. Now OpenMeetings is integrated with several CMS, CRM and other systems. The project has been downloaded over 250 000 times. OpenMeetings is available in 31 languages.

Features
Open Meetings implements the following features:
Audio communication
Video conferencing
Meeting recording
Screen sharing
Collaborative document editing
Chat and white boarding
User and room management
Mobile client for Android
no encryption protocol, end to end etc

See also
 Comparison of web conferencing software

References

External links

Release archives on weblog.openlaszlo.org

Remote desktop
Web conferencing
Free software
Apache Software Foundation
Apache_Software_Foundation_projects
Software using the Apache license