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vmux
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malditogeek / vmux

vmux

Secure P2P text, audio and video chats in your browser.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-06-30 19:39:16 UTC to 2013-12-29 02:12:07 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 242013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 232013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsDec 23

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jun 242013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 12013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 82013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 152013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 222013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 292013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 52013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 122013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 192013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 262013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 22013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 92013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 162013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 232013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 302013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 72013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 142013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 212013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 282013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 42013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 112013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 182013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 252013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 22013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 92013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 162013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 232013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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malditogeek·Dec 28, 2013
https://apprtc.appspot.com/ and https://appear.in are probably the most KISS Skype alternatives out there. Of course, built on top of WebRTC. I've been working myself on an open source alternative http://vmux.co (code: https://github.com/malditogeek/vmux) but it requires a Twitter account to log in which my pose a problem to your dad. (The upcoming version will allow you to use it without an account tho) To the people that want to host their own "skype alternatives" have in mind that it's not just serving the HTML+JS. WebRTC needs a way to bootstrap the P2P connection, the so called signaling, vmux provides a signaling mechanism using websockets but you'll still need a STUN server (I'm using the Google's one) and optionally a TURN server to relay users behind crazy NATs.
In Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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