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Record Jitsi Meet Calls
Automatically

Record Jitsi Meet in your browser — open-source calls, no bot joining the room.

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How It Works

Three steps. Zero setup.

01

Jitsi Meet call starts on your computer

Open Jitsi Meet and join or start a call as you normally would. No plugins, no extensions, no integrations to configure.

02

SeaMeet detects it automatically — no setup needed

SeaMeet monitors your system audio in the background. The moment a call begins, it recognizes the audio stream and prepares to record.

03

Recording starts invisibly. No bot. No notification to others.

Because SeaMeet captures audio at the system level, there is no bot joining the call, no recording indicator for other participants, and no cloud upload during the call.

What You Get

More than just recording

Invisible recording

No one in the call knows you are recording. No bot joins, no popup appears, no recording badge shows up.

AI transcription

Automatic speech-to-text powered by on-device and cloud AI models. Supports 90+ languages with speaker identification.

AI summaries

Get action items, decisions, and key points extracted automatically after every call. Never write meeting notes again.

Flashback

Forgot to hit record? Flashback saves the last 2 minutes of audio retroactively. Capture what you missed.

Local-first

Recordings stay on your device by default. No cloud upload, no third-party access, no data leaving your machine.

From Recording to Action

Turn every Jitsi Meet call into assets

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Summary

Three ways to do this

Three ways to record a Jitsi Meet

Recommended

SeaMeet browser recorder

meet.jit.si, 8x8.vc, or your own self-hosted server — Jitsi runs entirely in a browser tab. Open app.seameet.ai, pick the Jitsi tab, hit Start.

Best for: Anyone on free meet.jit.si or a self-hosted room without Jibri.

See how →

SeaMeet desktop app

Auto-detects Jitsi calls at the system-audio level on macOS and Windows — including the Jitsi desktop client. Records locally, syncs via Sync Pro.

Best for: Daily Jitsi users and admins of self-hosted deployments.

See how →

Self-hosted Jibri

The open-source way: Jibri joins your own Jitsi deployment as a hidden headless-Chrome participant and records server-side. Needs a dedicated machine and real configuration.

Best for: Self-hosters who want server-side recordings for every room.

Learn more →

Method 2 · SeaMeet browser recorder

How to record Jitsi Meet in your browser (no signup)

Runs in Chrome, Edge, or Safari on desktop. Free for the first 15 minutes — Sync Pro removes the cap. No download, no Jitsi Meet host permissions.

  1. 01

    Open your Jitsi room in a browser tab

    meet.jit.si/your-room, an 8x8.vc link, or your own deployment's URL — they all run the same Jitsi web client. Grant mic and camera prompts as usual; the room behaves exactly as it would without SeaMeet.

  2. 02

    Open app.seameet.ai in a second tab

    Same browser as the Jitsi room — Chrome, Edge, or Safari on desktop. No account required for the first 15 minutes.

  3. 03

    Pick "A browser tab" and select the Jitsi tab

    The browser's share dialog lists every open tab. Choose the Jitsi room, and tick "Also share tab audio" — that checkbox is what captures the other participants' voices. Miss it and you get silent video.

  4. 04

    Leave transcription on Auto-detect

    Jitsi communities are famously international. Auto-detect handles English + Mandarin, Spanish + English, and mixed-language rooms; set an explicit language only for monolingual calls.

  5. 05

    Click Start recording

    A live transcript streams into the SeaMeet tab while the meeting continues. Hit Stop when the room wraps — recording, transcript, and AI summary land in your SeaMeet library, ready to share back into the community.

Try in browser (no signup) →

15 min free · works on Chrome, Edge, Safari desktop

Why SeaMeet

What SeaMeet does that self-hosted Jibri doesn't

  • No server, no config

    Jibri needs a dedicated Linux machine with ALSA loopback, a headless Chrome, and Prosody/Jicofo changes before the record button even appears. SeaMeet is a tab-pick away.

  • Works on meet.jit.si today

    The free meet.jit.si service ships no recording at all — that button exists only where someone configured Jibri or pays for 8x8. SeaMeet captures at your tab, so the server's setup is irrelevant.

  • Live transcript, not just an mp4

    Jibri hands you a video file; Jitsi's live captions vanish when the call ends; transcription via Jigasi means more self-hosting. SeaMeet transcribes as the room talks, in 20+ languages.

  • Nothing joins the room

    Jibri is a hidden-but-real participant that needs admitting and shows up in your infrastructure. SeaMeet records your own tab locally — no bot, no server round-trip, no cloud copy during the call.

Common questions

Recording Jitsi Meet — questions & answers

Does meet.jit.si have recording built in? +
No. The free service offers no recording — the feature belongs to self-hosted deployments with Jibri and to 8x8's paid tiers. If you see a record button greyed out or missing, that's why. SeaMeet sidesteps the whole question by capturing your browser tab.
Do other participants see that I'm recording? +
When server-side Jibri recording runs, Jitsi displays a recording notice to the room. SeaMeet's tab capture is invisible — Jitsi has no idea it's happening. That's exactly why you should announce it yourself: open-source communities skew privacy-conscious, and undisclosed recording burns trust fast.
Does it work with 8x8 meetings (8x8.vc)? +
Yes — 8x8.vc rooms run the same Jitsi stack in the browser, and tab capture doesn't care whose server hosts the room. If you're an 8x8 admin with native recording enabled, use that; SeaMeet is for everyone in the room who isn't the admin.
What about the Jitsi desktop app? +
The browser recorder only captures tabs, not native apps. If you join via the Jitsi desktop client, use the SeaMeet desktop app instead — it auto-detects Jitsi calls at the system-audio level on macOS and Windows.
Does Jitsi's end-to-end encryption block SeaMeet? +
No. Jitsi's E2EE mode encrypts the wire between participants. SeaMeet records what your own tab has already decrypted and is playing to your speakers — the same thing you'd see and hear anyway. The encryption isn't bypassed; the local playback is captured.
Can I transcribe recordings my Jibri already made? +
Yes. Download the mp4 from your server, then drop it into SeaMeet's "Import file" flow. You get the same transcript, speaker labels, and AI summary as a live capture. Sync Pro allows 50 hr/mo of import.
Is it legal to record a Jitsi meeting? +
Depends on jurisdiction — one-party consent in some places, all-party in others. Jitsi's own documentation culture assumes consent-first. Announce the recording at the start of the call; if anyone objects, stop.

How SeaMeet Detects Jitsi Meet

SeaMeet records Jitsi Meet straight from the browser tab — meet.jit.si, a self-hosted Jitsi server, or 8x8.vc. Nothing joins the call: you pick the meeting tab, keep tab audio on, and SeaMeet transcribes it live.

Why SeaMeet for Jitsi Meet?

The free meet.jit.si has no built-in cloud recording, and bots can't reliably join a self-hosted room. SeaMeet records the tab audio in the browser — no server config, no bot to admit, no download.

Common Use Cases

01

Open-source and self-hosted Jitsi rooms with no cloud recording

02

Community and education calls on meet.jit.si

03

8x8 business calls you want transcribed

04

Privacy-conscious teams who avoid recording bots

Start Recording Jitsi Meet Calls Today

Free download. No account required. Works on Windows and macOS.