Jam by jam-systems

Jam is your own open source Clubhouse for mini conferences, friends, communities

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Verdict 44/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty

Self-host Jam on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $118/year vs Zoom.

Health score
44 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.3k
98 forks

About Jam

From the project's README at github.com/jam-systems/jam. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Jam is an open source alternative to Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces and similar audio spaces.

With Jam you can create audio rooms that can be used for panel discussions, jam sessions, free flowing conversations, debates, theatre plays, musicals and more. The only limit is your imagination.

get your own Jam server hosted by us with the Jam Early Access Program here

join our weekly Jam Jam (a Jam where we jam about Jam) every [Wed @ 8pm CEST (2pm EDT)](http://jam.systems/

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
62
maturity
30
community
32
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
27

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.3k github.com/jam-systems/jam
GitHub forks 98 github.com/jam-systems/jam
NPM downloads (last month) 294 jam

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.2 yearssince Feb 2021
Last commit2.6 years agoSep 15, 2023

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

What people say on Hacker News

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Ready to self-host Jam?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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