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Velocity0.0

Open-source web conferencing system for online learning

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BigBlueButton ships steady 3.0.x patches; v3.1 in beta.

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◆Current state
BigBlueButton is on a tight 3.0.x patch cadence — v3.0.18 through v3.0.23 in roughly four months, plus a v3.1.0-beta.2 in October. Each patch carries security fixes, audio (LiveKit) improvements, and breakout-room work. The v3.0.18 hotfix was a direct response to a Chrome 143 screenshare regression, showing the project's responsiveness to upstream browser changes.
◆Where it's heading
The 3.0 line is in active stabilization mode while v3.1 cooks in beta — the canonical pattern for an open-source teaching/conferencing platform serving institutional installs. LiveKit is consolidating as the audio/WebRTC layer, and a new opt-in 'unified' layout signals the next major UX direction. The community contribution model is intact and visible in every release note.
◆Prediction
Expect v3.1.0 GA within the next two quarters, anchored by the unified layout and the LiveKit audio stack going from opt-in to default. Continued 3.0.x patches will keep landing in parallel for the long tail of institutional deployments that won't move quickly.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    v3.0.23: breakout-room improvements + security fixes

    v3.0.23 bundles client and core improvements (notably in breakout rooms) plus several direct security fixes — admin-update-recommended. Renamed `insertDocumentBlockedHosts`/`insertDocumentSupportedProtocols` properties is a small admin-facing breaking change to watch.

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  2. 3mo ago

    v3.0.22: client/core polish + security patches

    v3.0.22 ships several client/core improvements and a couple of direct security fixes — another admin-update-recommended patch in the steady 3.0.x stream.

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  3. 3mo ago

    v3.0.21: LiveKit audio fixes + security patches

    v3.0.21 focuses on LiveKit audio fixes alongside security patches, reinforcing the LiveKit migration as the central infrastructure thread of the 3.0 line.

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  4. 3mo ago

    v3.0.20: follow-on patch

    v3.0.20 lands three days after v3.0.21's predecessor — a small follow-on patch in the rapid 3.0.x stream rather than a meaningful new beat.

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  5. 4mo ago

    v3.0.19: opt-in unified layout preview

    v3.0.19 introduces a new opt-in 'unified' layout — the first visible UX direction signal from the project in this batch, currently shipping as a preview rather than the default.

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  6. 5mo ago

    v3.0.18: Chrome 143 tab-screenshare hotfix

    v3.0.18 is a targeted fix for a Chrome 143 regression that broke browser-tab screenshare for presenters. The kind of upstream-browser-induced firefighting that defines maintaining a WebRTC platform.

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