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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 tracks Electron upgrades with the occasional UX add — latest: a two-window layout.

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◆Current state
Jitsi Meet Desktop ships about quarterly, with releases dominated by Electron upgrades and small bridging features into new desktop OS APIs. The latest 2026.5.0 added a two-window layout and laid Mac groundwork for desktop audio capture. The preceding 2026.x window was Electron 39 → 41, an OS-compatibility cut (macOS 11 dropped), and PIP plumbing tied to a new jitsi-meet PIP API.
◆Where it's heading
This is a thin Electron wrapper around jitsi-meet, and the cadence reflects that — most engineering tracks Electron's release train and adds desktop-only capabilities (screensharing via native getDisplayMedia, PIP, pipewire camera, soon desktop audio). The two-window layout is the most novel user-facing change in the recent window. Mac desktop audio capture is groundwork the next release should turn into a shipped feature.
◆Prediction
Mac desktop audio capture lands as a usable feature in the next release; Electron 42 follows. No major UI redesign signaled.

◆Recent moves

  1. 10d ago

    2026.5.0: two-window layout and Mac desktop-audio groundwork

    2026.5.0 adds a two-window layout and prepares Mac for desktop audio capture. The two-window layout is the first multi-meeting-window UX addition in the recent window; audio capture is staged but not yet shipped.

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  2. 1mo ago

    2026.4.0: PIP restore fix and Electron 41 bump

    2026.4.0 fixes restoring the main window from the PIP widget, bumps Electron from 39 to 41, and updates electron-builder/updater. Maintenance release, no new user-facing feature.

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  3. 3mo ago

    2026.1.1: fix authentication popups

    2026.1.1 is a single-fix patch for authentication popups. Routine point release.

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  4. 3mo ago

    2026.1.0: Electron 39, new PIP feature (drops macOS 11)

    2026.1.0 upgrades to Electron 39 — dropping macOS 11 — and wires up the new PIP feature from jitsi-meet 2.0.10710. Real capability addition gated on a server-side version match.

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  5. 7mo ago

    2025.10.0: fix macOS 26 GPU usage via Electron update

    2025.10.0 fixes high GPU usage on macOS 26 via an Electron update. Single-issue patch.

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  6. 8mo ago

    2025.9.1: revert pipewire camera support on Linux

    2025.9.1 reverts pipewire camera support on Linux. Single-line release reverting a recently shipped Linux feature.

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