Top 5 videoconference Open-Source Projects

janus-gateway

13 7,804 9.0 C

Janus WebRTC Server

Project mention: WebRTC for the Curious | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-04

> 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

galene

36 859 8.4 Go

The Galène videoconference server

Project mention: livekit-server VS galene - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/livekit-server | 2024-03-28

InfluxDB

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every-proximity-chat-app

4 140 0.0

Every Proximity Chat, Metaverse, and Video Conference Socializing App
Best-of-webRTC

11 83 6.5

Best of WebRTC: Elevate with Top Projects! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Project mention: Best WebRTC Alternative to Zoom? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-24

Multiparty-Video-Chat-Application-Sample-for-IOS

2 8 5.3 Swift

This Sample iOS App demonstrates the vast capabilities of EnableX's WebRTC platform APIs and iOS Toolkit in building multi-party video conferencing applications. Ideal for iOS developers aiming to fast-track their group video chat app development.
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).