libdatachannel VS str0m

Compare libdatachannel vs str0m and see what are their differences.

str0m

A synchronous sans I/O WebRTC implementation in Rust. (by algesten)
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libdatachannel str0m
27 10
1,543 239
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9.3 9.8
about 14 hours ago 7 days ago
C++ Rust
Mozilla Public License 2.0 MIT License
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libdatachannel

Posts with mentions or reviews of libdatachannel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-19.
  • VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble
    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2024
  • Simplicity of IRC
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Mar 2024
    You can use https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel for your C/C++ integration needs. It's 10k lines. So the answer is 0. Its required dependencies (I assume this as they are git submodules in deps) are more than 100k lines, though, srtp support making the bulk of it. On my machine it took 11 seconds to compile it.

    Irssi is 64k lines (plus its dependencies), so I guess that makes WebRTC complicated.

    Can't argue that DCC isn't simple, but perhaps the protocol deviced decades ago is a bit too simple.

  • OBS merges AV1 support for WebRTC
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jan 2024
    Most of the work happened in the libdatachannel! You can check out my PR here[0]

    [0] https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel/commit/a6...

  • Pure C WebRTC
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Jan 2024
    I am really excited about https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer. It has examples ready for ESP32 etc....

    When working on KVS I wasn't familiar with the embedded space at all. I saw 'heavyweight' embedded where you were running on Linux. Then you had RTOS/No OS at all. I wasn't prepared for these devices at all. If we can make WebRTC work in the embedded space I think it will really accelerate what developers are able to build!

    Remotely driven cars, security cameras, robots in hospitals that bring iPads to infectious patients etc... Creative people are building amazing things. The WebRTC/video space needs to work harder and support them :)

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    I love how diverse the WebRTC space is now. Outside of this implementation you have plenty of other options!

    * https://github.com/shinyoshiaki/werift-webrtc (Typescript)

    * https://github.com/pion/webrtc (Golang)

    * https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc (Rust)

    * https://github.com/algesten/str0m (Rust)

    * hhttps://github.com/sepfy/libpeer (C/Embedded)

    * https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/ (C++)

    * https://github.com/sipsorcery-org/sipsorcery (C#)

    * https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel (C++)

    * https://github.com/elixir-webrtc (Elixir)

    * https://github.com/aiortc/aiortc (Python)

    * GStreamer’s webrtcbin (C)

    See https://github.com/sipsorcery/webrtc-echoes for examples of some running against each other.

  • WebRTC for the Curious
    18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
  • Building WebRTC server implementation for Erlang
    6 projects | /r/WebRTC | 10 Dec 2023
    This is not true, there are actually multiple WebRTC implementations in different languages besides the reference library: aiortc (python), libdatachannel (C++), sipsorcery (C#),webrtc-rs (rust), werift (Typescript), and Amazon Kinesis (C)
  • I spent two years building a desktop environment that runs in the browser, it's finally in beta!
    6 projects | /r/programming | 9 Jul 2023
    Use any means necessary to transfer your data across devices. Could be IPFS, could be FTP, could be EventSource, WebSocket, WebTransport, Fetch, whatever. See https://github.com/guest271314/secure-file-transfer; offscreen-webrtc, https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel.
  • Client side Rest server?
    3 projects | /r/learnjavascript | 30 Jun 2023
    I've successfully used libdatachannel to Web pages to connect native applications and stream data to the browser.
  • Security Framework
    2 projects | /r/webdev | 27 May 2023
    Alternatively you can use your server as a signaling server for WebRTC (Insertable Streams ("Breakout Box"), or data channels https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel), then users (peers) can exchange data themselves and you don't need to store anything, see True End-to-End Encryption with WebRTC Insertable Streams, A complete example for a WebRTC datachannel with manual signaling.
  • Datachannel video streaming?
    2 projects | /r/WebRTC | 2 May 2023
    there is also a c++ library that can be used to open a data channel connection, I think a number of SFU “servers?” use this library (I wish I had) https://libdatachannel.org/

str0m

Posts with mentions or reviews of str0m. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-19.
  • VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble
    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2024
  • Interview with Mo Rajabi, co-founder and CEO of Noor
    3 projects | dev.to | 18 Apr 2024
    In the video, Mo talked about a few packages like Cidre and StrOm, and we referred to SpaceDrive.
  • Is Something Bugging You?
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Feb 2024
    - Dropbox [3] uses a similar approach but they talk about it a bit more abstractly.

    Sans-IO is more documented in Python [4], but str0m [5] and quinn-proto [6] are the best examples in Rust I’m aware of. Note that sans-IO is orthogonal to deterministic test frameworks, but it composes well with them.

    With the disclaimer that my opinions are mine and mine alone, and don’t reflect the company I work at —— I do work at a rust shop that has utilized these techniques on some projects.

    TigerBeetle is an amazing example and I’ve looked at it before! They are really the best example of this approach outside of FoundationDB I think.

    [0]: https://risingwave.com/blog/deterministic-simulation-a-new-e...

    [1]: https://risingwave.com/blog/applying-deterministic-simulatio...

    [2]: https://dropbox.tech/infrastructure/-testing-our-new-sync-en...

    [3]: https://github.com/spacejam/sled

    [4]: https://fractalideas.com/blog/sans-io-when-rubber-meets-road...

    [5]: https://github.com/algesten/str0m

    [6]: https://docs.rs/quinn-proto/0.10.6/quinn_proto/struct.Connec...

  • Pure C WebRTC
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Jan 2024
    I am really excited about https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer. It has examples ready for ESP32 etc....

    When working on KVS I wasn't familiar with the embedded space at all. I saw 'heavyweight' embedded where you were running on Linux. Then you had RTOS/No OS at all. I wasn't prepared for these devices at all. If we can make WebRTC work in the embedded space I think it will really accelerate what developers are able to build!

    Remotely driven cars, security cameras, robots in hospitals that bring iPads to infectious patients etc... Creative people are building amazing things. The WebRTC/video space needs to work harder and support them :)

    -----

    I love how diverse the WebRTC space is now. Outside of this implementation you have plenty of other options!

    * https://github.com/shinyoshiaki/werift-webrtc (Typescript)

    * https://github.com/pion/webrtc (Golang)

    * https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc (Rust)

    * https://github.com/algesten/str0m (Rust)

    * hhttps://github.com/sepfy/libpeer (C/Embedded)

    * https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/ (C++)

    * https://github.com/sipsorcery-org/sipsorcery (C#)

    * https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel (C++)

    * https://github.com/elixir-webrtc (Elixir)

    * https://github.com/aiortc/aiortc (Python)

    * GStreamer’s webrtcbin (C)

    See https://github.com/sipsorcery/webrtc-echoes for examples of some running against each other.

  • WebRTC for the Curious
    18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
  • Show HN: Bring phone calls into the browser (sip-to-WebRTC)
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
  • WebRTC support being added to FFmpeg
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 May 2023
  • str0m 0.1.0 – Sans-IO WebRTC library
    1 project | /r/rust | 17 Mar 2023
    Find it here: crates.io/crates/str0m Code here: github.com/algesten/str0m Docs here: docs.rs/str0m/0.1.0/str0m/
  • str0m a sans I/O WebRTC library
    3 projects | /r/rust | 18 Dec 2022
    Git: https://github.com/algesten/str0m

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libdatachannel and str0m you can also consider the following projects:

libjuice - JUICE is a UDP Interactive Connectivity Establishment library

ffmpeg - FFmpeg Zig package

Pion WebRTC - Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

broadcast-box - A broadcast, in a box.

aiortc - WebRTC and ORTC implementation for Python using asyncio

go2rtc - Ultimate camera streaming application with support RTSP, RTMP, HTTP-FLV, WebRTC, MSE, HLS, MP4, MJPEG, HomeKit, FFmpeg, etc.

sora-unity-sdk - WebRTC SFU Sora Unity SDK

webrtc-echoes - Simple useful interoperability tests for WebRTC libraries. If you are a WebRTC library developer we'd love to include you!

janus-gateway - Janus WebRTC Server

webrtc - A pure Rust implementation of WebRTC

µWebSockets - Simple, secure & standards compliant web server for the most demanding of applications

ffmpeg-webrtc - Support WebRTC(WHIP) for FFmpeg.