# Galene

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Galene and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Self-hosted WebRTC video chat server that people find easy to run, with good latency and audio and video quality. The interface is often described as clunky.

## Why people recommend it

- Good latency and audio/video quality (2 comments): "So far it's much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768931)) "much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46769411))

## What people warn about

- Clunky interface (1 comments): "Interface is kinda clunky but it seems to mostly work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46909323))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Zoom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoom.md): 99 recommend
- [Jitsi Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jitsi.md): 42 recommend
- [Google Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-meet.md): 39 recommend
- [Proton Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-meet.md): 17 recommend
- [Cisco Webex](https://hackerapproved.com/p/webex.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Galene", https://hackerapproved.com/p/galene/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).