Product · USG Teams

USG Connect

Private video meetings for small teams and one-on-one conversations. Up to 10 participants in HD video, or 50 in audio/webinar mode. Sign in with email or Google. Native desktop apps for macOS and Linux, plus a browser client that runs anywhere.

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Free during beta · Sign in with email or Google · Guests can join with a room link · v1.0.0

Product UI — screenshot coming soon

Features

Built for private conversations

Sized for one-on-ones, small teams, and client calls — not sprawling all-hands.

Up to 10 in HD video

Full video grid for meetings up to 10. Beyond that, use audio/webinar mode for up to 50.

Email or Google sign-in

Create an account with email + password, or sign in with your Google account — one click.

Cloud recording, auto-deleted

Record a meeting, get an emailed download link. Recordings are kept for 15 days, then removed automatically.

Screen sharing

Share a specific window, tab, or the full desktop.

In-meeting chat

Persistent chat alongside the video grid.

Cross-platform

Native macOS and Linux desktops; browser everywhere else.

mediasoup SFU

Selective forwarding architecture — scales further than mesh WebRTC, with adaptive bitrate.

Downloads

Platform	File	Version	Size	SHA256
macOS	USGConnect-1.0.0-Mac.dmg	1.0.0	96 MB	fcad2a5d7304714a0e0bd42ddb4638c6265824c863aa7b38a5a56ff04dcd7ce8
Linux	USGConnect-1.0.0-Linux.AppImage	1.0.0	99 MB	92379c4898785b230d2b50b8bfc7d8fb3487f2667a14268f66de57c545372ec6
Windows	—	—	—	Coming soon — use browser at connect.usg-teams.com
Browser	connect.usg-teams.com	—	—	No install required

⚠ First launch on macOS — read this before opening

Do not drag USG Connect.app directly to Applications. On macOS 13 and later, that path triggers “Apple cannot check it for malicious software” with no Open button. The DMG ships with a helper script that handles installation cleanly.

Double-click USGConnect-1.0.0-Mac.dmg to mount it.
In the mounted window, right-click (or Control-click) Install USG Connect.command and choose Open.
macOS will say the script is from an unidentified developer — click Open in that dialog. The script then copies the app to /Applications, strips the quarantine flag, and launches it. Takes a few seconds.

Already tried dragging the app and got blocked? Open Terminal and run:

xattr -cr "/Applications/USG Connect.app"

Then open the app normally. macOS remembers the choice.

Security

Built on standard WebRTC. Meetings are private by default — only participants with the room ID can join. No public directory. We do not sell meeting data.

USG Connect is under active development. We do not currently claim SOC 2 or HIPAA compliance — if you need those for your use case, please contact usgteams@gmail.com before deployment.

Under the hood

Shell

Electron — native macOS DMG and Linux AppImage.

Transport

WebRTC (peer-to-peer where possible, TURN fallback for restrictive NATs).

Server

Node.js signaling + STUN/TURN at connect.usg-teams.com.

Storage

Recordings upload to the server, a download link is emailed to you, and files are auto-deleted after 15 days.

Auth

Email + password (bcrypt-hashed) or Google Sign-In via Google Identity Services.

What v1.0.0 is — and isn't

Honest limits

What ships today. Up to 10 participants with HD video, or up to 50 in audio/webinar mode (one presenter with video, the rest audio-only). Screen share, chat, cloud recording with emailed 15-day download link, email + Google sign-in. macOS DMG, Linux AppImage, and browser at connect.usg-teams.com.

Why not 50-with-video? An all-video 50-person meeting on a single SFU needs roughly 2 Gbps of egress and 6-8 dedicated CPU cores. That’s a bigger box than our current beta infrastructure. If your use case truly needs 50 concurrent video streams, contact us before deploying.

Not yet. Native Windows installer (browser works today; MSI is on the roadmap). SOC 2 / HIPAA compliance. End-to-end encryption — transport is TLS/DTLS but media relays through the SFU by design.

Not tracked. No telemetry from the desktop app. No analytics on the browser client beyond standard server access logs.

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