I have been updating a WebRTC in Open Source dataset derived from GitHub event data for 10 years now. I periodically update this to look for recent trends on WebRTC activity, popular repos, and new API usage. I hosted a live stream of my 2024 review back in December where Tsahi Levent-Levi joined to help […]
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WebRTC Plumbing with GStreamer
GStreamer is one of the oldest and most established libraries for handling media. As a core media handling element in Linux and WebKit that as launched near the turn of the century, it is not surprising that many early WebRTC projects use various pieces of it. Today, GStreamer has expanded options for helping developers plumb […]
WebRTC cracks the WHIP on OBS
Open Broadcaster Software – Studio or OBS Studio is an extremely popular open-source program used for streaming to broadcast platforms and for local recording. WebRTC is the open-source real time video communications stack built into every modern browser and used by billions for their regular video communications needs. Somehow these two have not formally intersected […]
How Cloudflare Glares at WebRTC with WHIP and WHEP
WebRTC blackbox reverse engineering experts Gustavo and Fippo take a look at Cloudflare’s new WebRTC implementation, how Cloudflare uses the new WebRTC-based streaming standards WHIP and WHEP, and the bold pronouncement that they can be a replacement to open source solutions.