A meeting manager for live and hybrid meetings
🚀 Access Live Instance now at: https://speek.now
You may start using SpeakRequest immediately by creating a room on the live instance hosted at https://speek.now. No registration or login is required.
It helps discussion moderators or facilitators in meetings and conferences by managing speak requests from participants, transparently showing who has the right to speak, for how long they've been talking and who is next in line.
This is especially useful in hybrid meetings where some participants are physically present in a meeting room while others join remotely via web conferencing software. SpeakRequest bridges the gap between local and remote participants by providing a unified interface for all.
SpeakRequests main goal is to ensure fair and transparent communication during meetings, making sure that:
- the meeting goal is transparent to all participants (information sharing, decision making, brainstorming, etc.)
- the meeting format is clear to all participants (open discussion, round-robin, panel discussion, etc.)
- it is clear if and how a decision will be made (consensus, majority vote, gradient of agreement, etc.)
- all participants get equal opportunities to speak
- it is transparent who is currently speaking
- it is transparent who is next in line to speak
A popout view can be placed by the facilitator on a projector or shared on-screen via web conferencing software such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or similar platforms.
It also allows quick and hassle-free conduction of realtime polls with different poll types supported. Local participants can vote by scanning the QR code shown on the projector screen. Remote participants can easily join by entering the simple four-letter room code.
 Chair view allows the facilitator to moderate the meeting. |
 Popout view for projector or screen-sharing. QR code to join. |
 Participant view gives positive feedback that the request to speak has been noticed. |
 A simple Yes/No poll. |
 Result display of a yes/no poll. |
 Smartphone view of an agreement poll. |
 Result page of an agreement poll. |
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SpeakRequest is published on Docker Hub and can be run anywhere with Docker:
docker run -p 8080:8080 agh42/speakrequestThen open your browser to http://localhost:8080 or your server's IP address/domain. SpeakRequest will honor the X-Forwarded-* headers, so it can be run behind a reverse proxy as well. All generated URLs and QR codes will point to the URL as seen by the client. You should be able to host it under any domain without further configuration.
- Speak Request Queue: Manage speaking turns with a transparent queue system
- Speech Timer: Track how long each participant has been speaking
- Live Polls: Conduct realtime polls with various poll types
- QR Code Access: Local participants can join via QR code
- Easy Room Codes: Simple four-letter codes for hassle-free joining
- Hybrid Meeting Support: Works seamlessly for both in-person and remote participants
- Projector/Screen Share Ready: Popout view optimized for projection and screen sharing
- Real-time Updates: WebSocket-based live updates for all participants
- Java 21 or higher
- Gradle 8.9 (or use the included Gradle wrapper)
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Agh42/SpeakRequest.git cd SpeakRequest -
Build the project:
./gradlew build
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Run the application:
./gradlew bootRun
Or run the built JAR directly:
java -jar build/libs/SpeakRequest-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
The application will start on http://localhost:8080
docker build -t speakrequest .
docker run -p 8080:8080 speakrequestThe application can be configured via application.yaml. The default configuration supports:
- Forward headers for reverse proxy setups
- Remote IP header support
- Protocol header support
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0) - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Live Instance: https://speek.now
- Docker Hub: agh42/speakrequest
- GitHub: Agh42/SpeakRequest