Can I open-source Butter?
YES · mature open-source replacement🪦 Butter shut down after the team joined Miro in 2025. The verdict below is now a post-mortem.
Yes. Jitsi Meet (25k stars), LiveKit (13k stars), BigBlueButton (9k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Butter — self-host with docker and stop paying $14/mo.
People paid for Butter because video products survive because real-time media quality and global reliability are infrastructure businesses, not weekend interface projects. The recurring cost bought TURN capacity, codecs, browsers, packet loss, scaling, recording, consent, abuse, monitoring, and incident response, not just the visible interface.
xworkshop tools, templates, media reliability, engagement features, and integrations
xglobal low-latency media network
xdial-in and telephony
xlarge webinars
xtranscription, support, and compliance
These projects already replace it, free.
BBigBlueButtonWorkshops, polls, breakouts and recordings; installation is the first workshop.open source↗JJitsi MeetVideo conferencing with no accounts and no time limits. Embed it, brand it, or just use meet.jit.si.open source↗LLiveKitRealtime audio/video/data infrastructure over WebRTC for calls, rooms, and AI voice agents.open source↗What each one is, in full: BigBlueButton · Jitsi Meet · LiveKit
all 3 open-source alternatives to Butter →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real
Can I open-source Butter?
Yes. BigBlueButton replaces Butter today — self-host it on your own server or machine with no subscription. The full list of open-source alternatives is on this page.
How much does Butter cost?
Nothing anymore: Butter shut down after the team joined Miro in 2025. Before that it ran about $14/month.
What do I lose by replacing Butter?
Honestly: workshop tools, templates, media reliability, engagement features, and integrations; global low-latency media network; dial-in and telephony; large webinars; transcription, support, and compliance. Since the product is gone, these gaps are now everyone's problem.
Is there an open-source alternative to Butter?
Yes: BigBlueButton (Workshops, polls, breakouts and recordings; installation is the first workshop.) Jitsi Meet (Video conferencing with no accounts and no time limits. Embed it, brand it, or just use meet.jit.si.) LiveKit (Realtime audio/video/data infrastructure over WebRTC for calls, rooms, and AI voice agents.) All 3 curated open-source alternatives are at caniopensourceit.online/butter/alternatives.