OpenApps Meet

Free alternative to Zoom

Free video calls with no time limit.

Meet is a free alternative to Zoom and Google Meet. Start a call in one tap, share the link, and talk as long as you like. No 40-minute cutoff, no account, nothing to install.

  • No time limit, no sign-up, for you or your guests
  • Video goes person to person, encrypted and never recorded
  • Screen sharing, chat, waiting room and a link you can keep
Start a meeting

How it works

  1. Start a meeting

    Press Start a meeting. Check your camera and microphone, type your name, and you are in. No account.

  2. Share the link

    Send the link by text, email or a calendar invite. People open it in a browser on any phone or computer and type their name.

  3. Talk as long as you like

    There is no countdown and no cutoff. Leave when you are done; the link keeps working for next time.

Everything a meeting needs

  • No time limit

    Calls between two people or a group run as long as you need. Nothing ends at 40 or 60 minutes.

  • No account, no install

    Hosts and guests type a name and join from the browser. You can add Meet to your home screen.

  • Check before you join

    See your camera, watch the microphone level, pick your devices and play a test sound first.

  • Grid and speaker views

    See everyone at once, or the person talking large. Tap anyone to show them large.

  • Screen sharing

    Share a window, a tab or your whole screen from a computer.

  • Chat and raised hands

    Send messages to everyone in the call and raise a hand to speak. Chat is kept only for the call.

  • Waiting room and lock

    Hosts let people in one by one, lock the meeting, or remove someone.

  • A link you can keep

    Make a personal room link for every call, or a new link for each meeting. Add it to a calendar in one step.

  • Reconnects on its own

    If the Wi-Fi drops or someone reloads, Meet connects again and says what is happening.

Privacy

Your call stays between the people in it.

Meet connects the browsers in a call to each other and gets out of the way. There is no account to keep, no recording and no meeting history.

  • Person to person

    Video, sound and chat go directly between the people in the call over WebRTC, the technology behind video calls in the browser. They do not pass through our servers.

  • Encrypted

    WebRTC encrypts every connection. Nobody in between can watch or listen.

  • Never recorded

    Nothing is saved. Chat lives only on the devices in the call and is gone when you leave.

  • No account

    No email, no phone number, no password. Hosts keep their host link on their own device.

What Meet's server does see: the name you type to join, who is in which meeting, and a short setup message that lets the browsers find each other (their network addresses). It carries no video, sound or chat. Setup messages are deleted once the call connects, and your name when you press Leave. If you close the page instead, or your browser crashes, these can stay until a host removes you. The hosting counts visits; there are no third-party trackers.

Honest limits

  • Best for up to about 6 people

    Everyone sends their video to everyone else, so each extra person adds work for every device. Meet lowers the video quality as people join. For webinars or 50-person meetings, use a service that sends video through its own servers.

  • Some networks block direct connections

    Some office, school or hotel Wi-Fi does not allow two devices to connect directly. Meet says so when it happens; moving one person to mobile data usually works. A relay for those networks costs money per gigabyte, so there is none yet. If one is added, it will be charged at cost.

  • What it does not do

    No recording, no phone dial-in, no breakout rooms and no background blur. Phones cannot share their screen from a browser.

Meet next to Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Whereby

The free plans of the big meeting apps end group calls after 30 to 60 minutes. Meet has no limit and needs no account. They do fit far more people in one call.

MeetZoom freeGoogle Meet freeTeams freeWhereby free
Group call lengthNo limit40 minutes60 minutes60 minutes30 minutes
Calls between two peopleNo limitReported as 40 minutes tooNo limitNo limit, as reported30 minutes
People in a callBest up to about 61001001004
Paid plansNonePro $16.99 a user a monthWorkspace from $7 a user a monthMicrosoft 365 plansPro $10.99 a month

Checked October 2026 on each company's own pages: Zoom pricing, Google Meet and Workspace pricing, Teams free and Whereby pricing (US, billed monthly). Plans change, so check before you rely on them.

For AI assistants

Your assistant can make the meeting link.

Meet has a public API with no key and no account. One call returns a meeting link to put in a calendar invite or a message, and a host link for the person running the meeting.

Reference: /llms.txt and /openapi.json. To start a call right away, send people to meet-free.openapps.xyz/new.

# Make a meeting link
curl -X POST https://functions.bounded.sh/apps/a4b391bf10db92e58e21517e/api/rooms \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"title": "Weekly sync"}'

# Answer (shortened)
{
  "url": "https://meet-free.openapps.xyz/r/Xk3...",
  "hostUrl": "https://meet-free.openapps.xyz/r/Xk3...#k=...",
  "invite": "Weekly sync\nJoin the video call: ..."
}

# With a waiting room: a host lets people in
curl -X POST https://functions.bounded.sh/apps/a4b391bf10db92e58e21517e/api/rooms \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"title": "Interview", "waitingRoom": true}'

Questions

Is there a free alternative to Zoom with no time limit?
Yes. Meet by OpenApps is a free video call app with no time limit, no account and nothing to install. Start a meeting at meet-free.openapps.xyz, share the link, and talk as long as you like. It works best for up to about 6 people.
How do I get around Zoom's 40-minute limit for free?
Zoom's free Basic plan ends meetings after 40 minutes (checked October 2026). Instead of restarting the call, use a free app without a limit: start a meeting in Meet, send the link, and everyone joins from a browser. There is no countdown and no cutoff.
Is there a Google Meet alternative that does not need a Google account?
Yes. Google Meet's free plan runs on a personal Google account and limits group calls to 60 minutes (checked October 2026). Meet by OpenApps needs no account at all, for the host or the guests: people type a name and join.
Is Meet really free? What is the catch?
There is no paid plan, no ads, no third-party trackers and nothing is sold. The hosting counts visits. Video and sound go straight between the people in the call, not through our servers, so a call costs almost nothing to run and OpenApps pays for the small setup messages. The honest limits: it works best for up to about 6 people, and some networks block direct connections (see below).
How many people can join a call?
Calls work best with up to about 6 people. Each person sends their video to everyone else, so every extra person adds work for every device and connection. Meet lowers the video quality as more people join. For large meetings or webinars, a service that sends video through its own servers fits better.
Is Meet private? Are calls recorded?
Calls are never recorded or stored. Video, sound and chat go directly between the people in the call over WebRTC, which encrypts them. To find each other, the browsers swap a short setup message (their network addresses) through Meet's server, along with the names people typed to join. Setup messages are deleted once the call connects, and names when people press Leave; after closing the page or a crash, they can stay until a host removes that person. Chat is kept only on the devices in the call and is gone when you leave.
Does Meet work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Meet runs in the browser: Safari on iPhone and iPad, Chrome on Android, and Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari on a computer. There is no app to install, though you can add Meet to your home screen. Phones cannot share their screen from a browser.
Can I share my screen?
Yes, from a computer in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari: press Share screen and pick a window, a tab or the whole screen. Phone browsers do not allow screen sharing.
What if someone cannot connect?
Meet connects people directly, which works on most home and mobile networks. Some networks block direct connections, such as some office, school or hotel Wi-Fi. Meet then says it cannot reach that person; switching one of you to another network, like mobile data, usually fixes it. A relay that works on every network costs money per gigabyte, so Meet does not have one yet. If one is added, it will be charged at cost.
Can I keep the same meeting link?
Yes. Every meeting link keeps working, and you can make a personal room link to use for every call. Put it in your calendar or your email signature.
How do I stop strangers from joining?
The person who starts a meeting is its host. Hosts can turn on a waiting room, so new people wait until a host lets them in, lock the meeting so nobody new can join, and remove someone, who then cannot join again from that device. The host link lets you host from another device.
Can my AI assistant make a meeting link?
Yes. Meet has a public API with no key: POST https://functions.bounded.sh/apps/a4b391bf10db92e58e21517e/api/rooms returns a meeting link and a host link, ready to put in a calendar invite. The full reference is at meet-free.openapps.xyz/llms.txt and /openapi.json.

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