OpenCollab

Give your old video devices new life.

OpenCollab finds the room systems you already own, registers them and puts them into meetings.

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Available for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Paste a meeting link from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or FaceTime and the room joins it.

The hardware still works.

Good cameras, microphones and screens should not sit unused.

The room joins your FaceTime call.

Paste a FaceTime link into OpenCollab. One tap on the call lets the room in. The room needs no account.

A FaceTime call from a MacBook Pro to the room.

The Meetings page: a FaceTime link in the box, Conference room chosen, and the in-progress panel with a row for Design review that says Asking to join; someone on the call has to let the room in from their iPhone, iPad or Mac.

The app while the room asks to join. The setup guide has the details.Interface preview · sample devices

How it works

From a network scan to a working room.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Find the rooms on your network.

  2. 02

    Configure

    Connect with the device's admin login.

  3. 03

    Register

    Point it at the app's registrar.

  4. 04

    Call

    Call rooms, addresses and meetings.

Check what has been tested and follow the setup guide.

Where a call goes

The registrar runs on your laptop.

How a call moves through OpenCollab Two room systems register over SIP/TLS to the registrar inside OpenCollab on your laptop. The registrar relays signaling over SIP/TLS, using DNS SRV with the certificate verified, to a meeting on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, or to any SIP address. Encrypted media travels directly between devices, or between a device and the meeting; it never passes through the app. Meeting room Room system Registered Back office Video bar Registered OpenCollab on your laptop SIP registrar TLS 5061 · own CA Call proxy SRV · cert verified Provisioning CA · ICE on · TLS Meetings or any SIP address TLS 1.2 verified SIP/TLS SIP/TLS SIP/TLS DNS SRV Encrypted media goes straight to the far end Encrypted media between devices Meeting room Room system Registered Back office Video bar Registered OpenCollab on your laptop SIP registrarTLS 5061 · own CA Call proxySRV · cert verified ProvisioningCA · ICE on · TLS Meetings or any SIP address TLS 1.2 verified Encrypted media between devices SIP/TLS SIP/TLS SIP/TLS DNS SRV Encrypted media goes straight to the far end

Signaling goes through the app. A meeting joined from a link runs in a hidden browser on the laptop.

Signaling

Rooms register over TLS and call each other by name.

Media

Audio and video go directly between devices. Locked-down networks can add a TURN relay.

Trust

The app installs its own certificate authority on each device. Every registration is verified.

See what is connected.
Know what needs attention.

The app in use, as recorded.

Screens

The Devices view: three rooms, Conference room, Back office and Training room, each online and registered, with a Call field and Provision, Configure, Calendar and Macros actions on every card.

Every device on one card.Interface preview · sample devices

A second life for great hardware.

Check your room system before you replace it.

Check compatibility
Personal video system
A desk screen with its own camera.
Room system
A camera and codec for a meeting room.
Video bar
A camera bar that sits under a screen.

Illustrative hardware.

Keep useful hardware in use.

OpenCollab is an independent open-source project.

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Put your devices back to work.

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Public release coming soon. Until then, the buttons add you to the early-access list.