# tide > A simple, lightweight video conference service that you host yourself. One program contains the web app and the media server. To deploy tide, follow [Deploy](/docs/index.md) step by step. All pages are also in one file: [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). ## Guide - [Deploy](/docs/index.md): Run tide on one server or on Kubernetes, with optional sign-in and recording. ## Reference - [Configuration](/docs/configuration.md): All environment variables. - [Compare](/docs/compare.md): tide next to Jitsi Meet, Zoom and Google Meet, axis by axis. - [Local development](/docs/local.md): Run tide on your computer.