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| Developer(s) | OpenTalk GmbH |
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| Initial release | 2021 |
| Written in | Rust, JavaScript, Redact, Redux[1] |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Available in | English, German |
| Type | Voice over IP, videoconferencing, screen sharing |
| License | EUPL[2] |
OpenTalk is an open source teleconferencing software that is written in Rust in the backend and JavaScript/Redact and Redux in the frontend while the streaming is based on WebRTC. [1] It is developed by the German company OpenTalk GmbH in Berlin. The company is associated with the Heinlein Group, which runs the privacy and security oriented email provider mailbox.org.
General features of teleconferencing software as audio and video streams, screen sharing, chat, voting, show-of-hands, break-out-rooms are present. The software is develeped as open source software under the EUPL license and available on the openCode plattform. It is designed to be privacy respecting and compliant to the GDPR. As OSS it can be self hosted or booked as SaaS. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Additionally fuago is redistributing OpenTalk. [8]
The software is aimed particularly at companies, plattforms and public authorities that want to break away from US providers such as Zoom, WebEx or MS Teams. [9] [10] [11]
OpenTalk has a strategic partnership with the sharing and syncing solution OwnCloud. [12] Another partnership with mgm, aims at integrating OpenTalk into their A12 business application solutions software. [13] OpenTalk is also part of the Open Telekom Cloud of the Deutsche Telekom. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
OpenTalk currently is conducting a CC-EAL4 certification by the German Federal Office for Information Security [19]
Features[edit]
- integrated chat (public and private)
- participant view
- speaker list
- dashboard (organisation of meetings, creating and retrieving invite links)
- breakout-rooms (by room number or by participant number)
- (optional) waiting room
- lobby with Audio, Video and Connection speed test
- screen sharing
- dial-in by phone
- Virtual Backgrounds/Blur
- stopwatch, timer
- push to talk
- Raise hands, clear all hands
- whiteboard
- voting, polls
- coffee breaks
- Conference and Speaker times
- Multiple Moderators
- offboarding (moderators and VIP can stay in the meeting for after-talk
- "Talking Stick"-mode (only person "with the stick" can talk)
- mute all by moderators
- Meeting notes
- Roadmap
- session recording
- Whispering (one-to-one audio stream withing an existing meeting)
- sub-room meeting (one-to-one room within and existing meeting)
- wheel of names, ball of yarn (display names of participants with next up for things like introduction rounds)
- streaming
- security zones and federation
Third Party Integrations[edit]
See also[edit]
- Collaborative software
- Web conferencing
- Comparison of web conferencing software
- Wikiversity:Video conferencing
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Say Hello to OpenTalk - the future of secure video conferencing". mailbox.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "OpenTalk". opentalk. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Videokonferenzen: DSGVO-konformes OpenTalk jetzt quelloffen". Heise Online. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "OpenTalk – The Open-Source Video Meeting App From Germany". Techreport. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "OpenTalk als Managed Service". 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Open Source-Videokonferenzlösung OpenTalk ab sofort als Cloud-Service verfügbar". it-daily. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "OpenTalk Videokonferenzlösung OpenTalk ab sofort als Software as a Service verfügbar". it-business. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "FUAGO wird Distributionspartner von OpenTalk". fuago. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Hoppenstedt, Max (28 June 2023). "Konkurrenz zu Teams, Zoom und Co. Deutscher Videotelefonie-Anbieter will US-Software in Behörden ersetzen". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "OpenTalk aus der Cloud: Deutsche Alternative zu Zoom, MS Teams oder Webex". Heise Online. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Opentalk: Software aus Deutschland soll Zoom, Teams und Co ersetzen". t3n. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "ownCloud expands partner network with OpenTalk and mspaces collaborations". OwnCloud. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "mgm and OpenTalk announce partnership: Integration of video conferencing into the A12 platform". mgm. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Telekom-Angebot für die Verwaltung: Bürgermeister setzen auf Software des Vertrauens". Telekom. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "OpenTalk als Managed Service". Com-Magazin. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Open Source-Videokonferenzlösung OpenTalk ab sofort Teil des Open Source Collaboration-Angebots der Telekom". OpenSource Business Alliance. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Open-Source-Angebot der Telekom für Behörden". ECM Guide. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "OpenTalk wird Teil des Open Source-Angebots der Telekom". Linux Magazin. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "OpenTalk pursues CC-EAL4 certification". OpenTalk. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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