Livestorm

Run a small browser webinar with registrations and a simple replay page

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $100/mosubscription / year $1,200estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Livestorm, run a small browser webinar with registrations and a simple replay page. The hard boundary is global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability, plus real-time media infrastructure and reliability.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability
  • global low-latency media network
  • dial-in and telephony
  • large webinars
  • transcription, support, and compliance

Why people still pay

People still pay for Livestorm because video products survive because real-time media quality and global reliability are infrastructure businesses, not weekend interface projects. The recurring cost buys TURN capacity, codecs, browsers, packet loss, scaling, recording, consent, abuse, monitoring, and incident response, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • public server with strong bandwidth
  • domain and TLS
  • TURN server
  • Docker
  • explicit participant consent for recording
01
Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN.
02
Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
03
Interface for this video meetings and webinars workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN. Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

2

Phase 2, implement

For video meetings and webinars, register attendees and issue signed links for a small self-managed video room.

3

Phase 3, implement

Show host controls, attendee join state, and explicit recording consent before any replay capture.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Publish a replay only after processing finishes and permission is recorded.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history. State the practical limit: global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused video meetings and webinars workflow for the personal core of Livestorm. Requirements:

- Use Docker Compose, Jitsi Meet, a small Next.js 15 control panel, PostgreSQL, and TURN. Model rooms, signed invitations, participants, consent state, and optional recordings; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Run a small browser webinar with registrations and a simple replay page. Build only this DIY scope: Run a small browser webinar with registrations, issue signed room links, publish a simple replay page, and keep recordings only when every participant is clearly informed.
- For video meetings and webinars, register attendees and issue signed links for a small self-managed video room.
- Show host controls, attendee join state, and explicit recording consent before any replay capture.
- Publish a replay only after processing finishes and permission is recorded.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: public server with strong bandwidth; domain and TLS.
- Recovery: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: An expired link cannot join; a failed recording must not create a playable replay or lose consent history.
- Out of scope: global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability; global low-latency media network. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherJitsi MeetWidely deployed open-source video-conferencing platform.↗
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Livestorm pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
free$0/workspace$0/workspace30 attendee credits per year; 30-minute sessions; 10 events per organization; 20 sessions per event; 10 automated actions per event
pro, 400 attendee credits/year—$100/workspace400 attendee credits per year; unlimited events and team members; sessions up to 4 hours$1,200 billed annually
pro, 1,000 attendee credits/year—$241.67/workspace1,000 attendee credits per year; unlimited events and team members; sessions up to 4 hours$2,900 billed annually
pro, 1,500 attendee credits/year—$343.75/workspace1,500 attendee credits per year; unlimited events and team members; sessions up to 4 hours$4,125 billed annually
pro, 2,500 attendee credits/year—$541.67/workspace2,500 attendee credits per year; unlimited events and team members; sessions up to 4 hours$6,500 billed annually
pro, 4,000 attendee credits/year—$800/workspace4,000 attendee credits per year; unlimited events and team members; sessions up to 4 hours$9,600 billed annually
enterprise——Custom attendee-credit allowance; sessions up to 12 hoursContact sales

free tier30 attendee credits per year; 30-minute sessions; 10 events per organization; 20 sessions per event; 10 automated actions per event

billingannual only under the current attendee-credit model; auto-renews yearly

hidden costsOne credit is consumed whenever one external attendee joins one session, including replay/on-demand viewing; the same person consumes another credit in a different session. New attendees are blocked when credits run out unless an Enterprise contract permits overage. AI Studio, live translation, extra workspaces, regional hosting, SSO, restreaming, RTMP input and extra API calls are add-ons.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-12 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Livestorm

Can you build your own Livestorm with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Livestorm, run a small browser webinar with registrations and a simple replay page. The hard boundary is global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability, plus real-time media infrastructure and reliability.

What does the Livestorm build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Run a small browser webinar with registrations, issue signed room links, publish a simple replay page, and keep recordings only when every participant is clearly informed. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability; global low-latency media network; dial-in and telephony. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Livestorm prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Livestorm project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Livestorm?

global media, email delivery, engagement, integrations, analytics, and reliability; global low-latency media network; dial-in and telephony; large webinars; transcription, support, and compliance. People still pay for Livestorm because video products survive because real-time media quality and global reliability are infrastructure businesses, not weekend interface projects. The recurring cost buys TURN capacity, codecs, browsers, packet loss, scaling, recording, consent, abuse, monitoring, and incident response, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Pro, 400 attendee credits/year plan is $100/mo (annual billing, per month), checked 2026-08-12. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Livestorm?

The prior-art section lists Jitsi Meet as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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