libpeer is a portable WebRTC implementation written in C for IoT and embedded devices.
The library is intended to make it practical for small devices to send video, audio or arbitrary data directly to WebRTC endpoints. Supported targets include Linux systems such as the Raspberry Pi as well as microcontroller platforms including ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico.
libpeer uses conventional BSD sockets and keeps its external dependencies relatively small, making it suitable for applications where a complete desktop-oriented WebRTC implementation would be unnecessarily heavy.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- WebRTC implementation written in C.
- H.264 video support.
- Opus audio.
- G.711 A-law and µ-law audio.
- WebRTC DataChannels.
- STUN and TURN.
- IPv4 and IPv6.
- WHIP signalling.
- MQTT signalling.
- ESP32 examples.
- Raspberry Pi video and two-way audio example.
- Raspberry Pi Pico DataChannel example.
Website: github.com/sepfy/libpeer
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Developer: sepfy
License: MIT License
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