Galene
Ranked 6 of 9 video conferencing apps by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good latency and audio/video quality
“So far it's much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.” “much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Clunky interface
“Interface is kinda clunky but it seems to mostly work.”
Comment from 6 Feb 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.”
Other video conferencing apps people recommend
The four most recommended other video conferencing apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom | 99 | 155 | 39% | 12 | 5 yrs5 owners | — |
| Jitsi Meet | 42 | 15 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Google Meet | 39 | 48 | 45% | 10 | — | — |
| Proton Meet | 17 | 23 | 43% | 5 | — | — |
| GaleneThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Very easy to set up, I run it on obsd(an unsupported platform) and it just works.”
“It does not do what you say that it does.”
“that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application”
“the web interface makes buy in from the end users trivial”
“Interface is kinda clunky but it seems to mostly work.”
“This one is often overlook but very good”
“much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality”
“So far it's much better than I expected, both in terms of latency and the overall video/audio quality.”
“The server requirements are remarkably low, especially if you are like me and just need a personal video chat to a few people.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.