---
id: "jitsi"
type: "component"
kind: "media-router"
provider: "default"
category: "edge"
docs: "https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-quickstart/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/jitsi"
---

# Jitsi Videobridge

WebRTC videobridge that routes conference streams between participants.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Media router](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/media-router) |
| Category | Edge |
| Official docs | [https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-quickstart/](https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-quickstart/) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `bridgeCount` | integer | — | no | 1 | inherited |
| `cascading` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `mode` | enum | `sfu`, `mcu`, `p2p`, `ingest` | no | "sfu" | **"sfu"** |
| `rerouteOnFailure` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `tcpHarvester` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `transport` | enum | `udp`, `tcp`, `both` | no | "both" | **"both"** |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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- [AWS Elemental MediaPackage](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-mediapackage.md) `aws-mediapackage` — aws
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- [Cloudflare MoQ](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-moq.md) `cloudflare-moq` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare Realtime SFU](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-realtime-sfu.md) `cloudflare-realtime-sfu` — cloudflare
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- [Ant Media Server](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ant-media.md) `ant-media` — default
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- [Daily](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/daily.md) `daily` — default
- [Icecast](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/icecast.md) `icecast` — default
- [Janus](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/janus.md) `janus` — default
- [LiveKit](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/livekit.md) `livekit` — default
- [Generic media router](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/media-router.md) `media-router` — default
- [mediasoup](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/mediasoup.md) `mediasoup` — default
- [Red5](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/red5.md) `red5` — default
- [SRS](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/srs.md) `srs` — default
- [Twilio Video](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/twilio-video.md) `twilio-video` — default
- [Wowza Streaming Engine](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/wowza.md) `wowza` — default
- [Video Stitcher API](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-video-stitcher-api.md) `google-video-stitcher-api` — gcp

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "jitsi", component: "jitsi" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Jitsi Videobridge: WebRTC server that routes video streams among conference participants
# (Jitsi Meet Handbook, Architecture). A default self-hosted install opens TCP/443 and UDP/10000
# for media with the videobridge TCP harvester on 4443, and runs a single bridge per shard.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "jitsi"
kind: "media-router"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-quickstart/"
defaults:
  managed: false
  mode: "sfu"
  transport: "both"
  cascading: false
properties:
  bridgeCount:
    type: "integer"
    default: 1
  tcpHarvester:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/jitsi