A free peer-2-peer WebRTC based video conferencing.
This video conferencing software combines three technologies to create an all-in-one web application:
- WebRTC with html/JavaScript in the client-side browser to handle the user interface.
- Continuous Server Sent Event communication channel for realtime updates.
- Signaling server to facilitate the connection information, written in go.
Advantages of peer-2-peer connection-oriented video conferencing:
- Privacy for the users since none of the video or connection information is stored on a server.
- Latency on videos will be ideal because video routing and processing does not use an intermediary server.
- Reduced management expense for the server, since the server merely forwards messages and does not handle live video or store information in memory.
Disadvantages:
- Higher bandwidth and CPU usage, since the client must process more video streams from each peer.
- Fewer centralized features, such as effects or controls.
- Requires complicated and somewhat error-prone communication between clients, each other, and the backend.
A deployed version is available at https://hitime.live/.
you can also deploy your own server using the docker image provided at dockerhub with gtstef/hitime or building locally.
Note: The frontend features require an HTTPS connection, so any build should be done behind one. I have included the generate_cert.go standard library for quick mock certificate creation for local testing.
WebRTC has broad browser support
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