CYcylon13·Sep 7, 2021
There is this[0]. It’s C++ but the API is simple and it works well, you don’t need to setup any extra ICE/TURN/STUN stuff either.
[0] https://github.com/seemk/WebUDP
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Minimal WebRTC datachannel server
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8 sourcesBasically yes, a custom datachannel implementation. Haven't updated it lately, but it's up at https://github.com/seemk/WebUDP
In QuakeJS – A Quake Port to JavaScript with EmscriptenI've written a library for that purpose [1]. It's not ideal, but I guess it's as close as you can get to UDP in a browser without using extensions.
[1] https://github.com/seemk/WebUDP
In Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssemblyAwesome client-side resource! WebRTC is poised to hit the big time now that it is supported by iOS 11.
For both of my questions below I will link options from previous discussions[1]; any experience you can share would be appreciated.
1) What is the best option to implement a server that can tie into WebRTC for audio/video/screensharing?
https://github.com/mappum/electron-webrtc - simple but bulky Node.js WebRTC via a hidden Electron process
https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/webrtc - C++ Chromium WebRTC
https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-videobridge - Java video conferencing
https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server | https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu - Node.js media server transitioning after Twilio hired key devs
https://www.wowza.com/products/capabilities/webrtc-streaming... - commercial; in preview
2) What is the best mi
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https://github.com/js-platform/node-webrtc - Node.js native module with mystical pre-built binaries
https://github.com/HumbleNet/HumbleNet/ - C++ Mozilla + Humble Bundle code drop that does signalling via WebSockets (instead of STUN/TURN/ICE?)
https://github.com/rawrtc/rawrtc - C with CLI examples; media someday? https://github.com/rawrtc/rawrtc/issues/4
https://github.com/seemk/WebUdp - prototype C++ WebRTC datachannel server for Linux looking for help
https://github.com/brkho/client-server-webrtc-example - C++ MVP using Chromium WebRTC http://blog.brkho.com/2017/03/15/dive-into-client-server-web...
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[1] A real world guide to WebRTC | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14787285 (Jul 2017, 59 comments)
An "UDP" server for browser clients: https://github.com/seemk/WebUDP
In Building multiplayer games with Socket.io and HTML5 CanvasPosted this recently in another thread, but maybe someone will find https://github.com/seemk/WebUdp useful as there have been many WebRTC threads lately. It's a WebRTC DataChannel server implementation for out of order, unreliable UDP traffic for browsers that has built-in SDP signaling and STUN.
In The Need for Web UDPYou might want to check out the project I've been working on: https://github.com/seemk/WebUdp
It's a minimal WebRTC server implementation (SDP, STUN, SCTP, DTLS and everything else) contained in a single library. Note that it only implements a subset of the specs to get it working and probably still is buggy (experimental!) as I'm developing it while working on another project that uses it.
In A real world guide to WebRTC