JitsiMeet-AutoStart

JitsiMeet-AutoStart is a lightweight, single-page utility for unattended systems that need to automatically join a Jitsi meeting with the camera enabled. Perfect for kiosks, monitoring setups, or any scenario where a system should automatically connect and display video without user interaction.

Features

1. Automatic Meeting Join

   • Immediately joins the configured Jitsi room.
   • Microphone starts muted.
   • Video will be enabled if a camera exists and there are more than one participants. (Camera indicator light becomes an indicator of someone is in the meeting room,)
   • Hides room name.

2. Persistent Configuration The browser remembers the server URL and room ID using persistent storage. Once set, the system will rejoin the same meeting automatically after reboots or reloads.

3. Auto-Reconnect If the Jitsi instance goes offline, the page periodically checks availability and automatically refreshes to rejoin when the server comes back online.

4. No Deployment Required Works as a single HTML file—just open it in a browser on the unattended system and it runs.

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Typical Use Cases

• Conference room kiosks — screens that should always display a specific meeting.
• Remote monitoring setups — unattended systems automatically show video when powered on.
• Event streaming booths — auto-connect camera feeds without operator intervention.

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Server Reachability Check

When "Offline Reload" is checked the script automatically reloads the webpage if your Jitsi server is offline.

To achieve this, the script will ping the following path:

https://<server_url>/ping

Since many Jitsi instances block CORS by default, you must configure a /ping endpoint that is publicly accessible and disable CORS for this path.

Example Nginx Configuration

location = /ping {
    add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
    proxy_pass http://<LOCAL_JITSI_URL>/base.html;
}

This lightweight endpoint allows the script to detect server availability and handle automatic reconnects reliably.

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Quick Start

1. Download the HTML file.

2. Open it in a browser on your unattended system.

3. Enter your server URL and room ID in the interface.

4. The system will now:

   • Auto-join the meeting
   • Enable the camera (mic muted)
   • Reconnect automatically if the server goes down

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Credit

I (proudly?!) generated this project by instructing ChatGPT.