External API without iframe

Overview

Redesign the External API to allow direct integration without iframe isolation.

Description

Currently, Jitsi Meet's External API requires embedding the meeting in an iframe and communicating across the iframe boundary using postMessage. While this provides security isolation, it also adds complexity and overhead.

This project aims to create an alternative integration method where Jitsi Meet can be embedded directly into a parent page as a JavaScript module/component, without requiring an iframe. This would allow for tighter integration, direct API access, and potentially better performance while maintaining security through other means.

Expected outcomes

• New API that allows direct instantiation of Jitsi Meet without iframe.
• Maintain feature parity with current iframe-based External API.
• Sample applications demonstrating the new integration approach.

Skills / Technologies

JavaScript, TypeScript, React

Possible mentors

Hristo Terezov, Damyan Minkov

Expected project size

Medium (175 hrs)

Difficulty

Medium