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Jitsi Meet Desktop

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Desktop application (macOS, Windows, Linux) for the open-source Jitsi Meet video conferencing platform.

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Jitsi Meet Desktop pivots from single-call wrapper to multi-conference workspace

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◆Current state
Jitsi Meet Desktop has spent the last two releases reshaping its UI from a single-call container into a multi-conference workspace: 2026.6.0 turned the main UI into a list of conferences with each call opening in its own window, after 2026.5.0 introduced a two-window layout as the precursor. Underneath, the project keeps Electron current (39 to 41 in 2026.4.0) and quietly extended OS coverage to Windows on ARM and Wayland/Pipewire on Linux through the v2025 line.
◆Where it's heading
The direction is clear: turning the desktop client into a workstation tool for people who run multiple calls a day, rather than a thin wrapper around the web app. Electron upgrades, preload IPC tightening, and the steady removal of dead code (Flow stripped in 2025.8.1) suggest equal attention to the security and maintenance baseline that desktop clients tend to neglect.
◆Prediction
Next release likely formalizes the multi-conference UI with tab management, window grouping, or call-state persistence. Continued Electron bumps and macOS version drops will follow Chromium's narrowing support matrix.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Conferences become a list; each call opens in its own window

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    Consummates the multi-conference pivot the project has been building toward: the main UI is now a list of conferences, each opening in its own window. This is the architectural turn from single-call wrapper to multi-call workspace.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Two-window layout introduces multi-conference workflow

    Introduces a two-window layout — the structural precursor to the full multi-conference UI that ships in 2026.6.0. Also lands macOS desktop audio capture prep.

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  3. 3mo ago

    Electron 39 to 41; picture-in-picture restore fixed

    Electron jumps 39 to 41 and electron-builder/-updater move to latest; restores main-window flow from the picture-in-picture widget. Maintenance-heavy release between the UI architecture changes.

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  4. 4mo ago

    Auth popup fix

    Single bugfix release patching authentication popups. The kind of point release that keeps the train running between feature drops.

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  5. 5mo ago

    Electron 39 lands; macOS 11 dropped; native picture-in-picture

    Picks up native picture-in-picture from upstream jitsi-meet — a real user-facing capability — alongside an Electron 39 bump that drops macOS 11. Sets up the foundation the multi-window pivot would build on later in v2026.

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  6. 9mo ago

    Electron update fixes macOS 26 GPU usage

    Electron bump specifically to fix high GPU usage on macOS 26. A reminder that this client lives or dies by upstream Chromium keeping pace with new macOS versions.

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