An Open Source Video Conferencing System For Tutors Built With React

by React

Nettu Meet

Nettu Meet is an open source video conference web application designed for interactive online tutoring. Some of the features included are:

  • Audio and video: Real-time sharing of audio and video.
  • Shared whiteboard: Collaborate with students on a shared whiteboard.
  • Screen sharing: Go to presenting mode by sharing your screen.
  • Chat: Send simple messages to other participants of the meeting.
  • File sharing: Upload relevant files to the meeting.
  • Graph plotter: Insert mathematical graphs to the whiteboard.
  • Customizable: Create an account and upload your own logos.
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Run it locally

  • Run the Node.js server application in a terminal:
$ cd server
# Copy .env.template secrets file and adjust them if needed
$ cp integrations/.env.template integrations/.env
# Using docker compose to spin up redis and mongodb 
$ npm run infra
# Installing server dependencies
$ npm i
# Starting server
$ npm start
  • In a different terminal run the browser application:
$ cd frontend
$ npm i
$ npm start
  • Create meeting
# The response will give you a entrypoint / url for your meeting.
$ curl -X POST "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/meeting" -H  "authorization: nettu_meet_default_secret" -H  "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{  \"title\": \"First Nettu Meet meeting\"}"