WebRTC for the Curious

1. str0m

   1 14 387 9.0 Rust

   A Sans I/O WebRTC implementation in Rust.

   

   If you want to do servers or embedded you shouldn’t. It makes sense to use in the places it was designed for though!

   What features of libwebrtc in particular would you like to see in other implementations. I am very excited to see a future with [0] on the client side.

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

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3. Pion WebRTC

   2 89 14,428 9.3 Go

   Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

   

   Pion (https://github.com/pion/webrtc) works well and offers a good set of features.

4. mediasoup

   3 24 6,515 9.0 C++

   Cutting Edge WebRTC Video Conferencing

   

   I set up a simple website to stream two webcams in my chicken coop using Janus / WebRTC: https://github.com/dbrgn/chicken-coop/tree/main/rpi-image See README for a quick overview.

   Another interesting SFU library is MediaSoup: https://mediasoup.org/

5. webrtc-for-the-curious

   4 14 2,033 5.4 Python

   WebRTC for the Curious: Go beyond the APIs

   

6. janus-gateway

   5 14 8,490 9.0 C

   Janus WebRTC Server

   

   > despite WebRTC mostly being about client/client communication

   This is actually kind of a misconception, though it’s an understandable one given that WebRTC is almost always pitched as a peer-to-peer protocol.

   In practice, most people using WebRTC for video are sending their video to a server, not directly to another client. It’s pretty safe to assume that most people who use your app are going to need TURN, and at that point, you’re not really doing peer-to-peer at all, so you might as well just have your browser-based app talk to a server that’s pretending to be another browser.

   These servers (called Selective Forwarding Units or SFUs) can operate like a TURN server in the case of a one-on-one call, but they can also multiplex everyone’s feeds in the case of a larger conference (peer-to-peer 5 person calls would require each participant to send 4 copies of their video) and often have extra features like the ability to record calls, transcode streams or convert to other protocols.

   The one I’ve used a lot is called Janus[0], it’s open source and has good docs, I recommend people check it out if they’re interested in getting deeper into WebRTC or other video streaming tech.

   [0] https://janus.conf.meetecho.com

7. chicken-coop

   6 1 7 5.3 JavaScript

   Hardware and firmware for our chicken door automation

   

   I set up a simple website to stream two webcams in my chicken coop using Janus / WebRTC: https://github.com/dbrgn/chicken-coop/tree/main/rpi-image See README for a quick overview.

   Another interesting SFU library is MediaSoup: https://mediasoup.org/

8. aiortc

   7 19 4,519 7.3 Python

   WebRTC and ORTC implementation for Python using asyncio

   

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10. werift-webrtc

    8 10 514 9.5 TypeScript

    WebRTC Implementation for TypeScript (Node.js), includes ICE/DTLS/SCTP/RTP/SRTP/WEBM/MP4

    

11. webrtc

    9 41 4,370 8.7 Rust

    A pure Rust implementation of WebRTC (by webrtc-rs)

    

12. amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

    10 9 1,093 3.5 C

    Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams.

    

13. amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr

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14. libpeer

    12 12 1,136 8.7 C

    WebRTC Library for IoT/Embedded Device using C

    

15. rawrtc

    13 3 375 0.0 C

    WebRTC and ORTC with a little bit of RAWR!

    

16. SIPSorcery

    14 9 1,580 9.3 C#

    A WebRTC, SIP and VoIP library for C# and .NET. Designed for real-time communications apps.

    

17. libdatachannel

    15 27 1,940 8.7 C++

    C/C++ WebRTC network library featuring Data Channels, Media Transport, and WebSockets

    

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