WebRTC Insights

What is WebRTC?

WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a free, open-source project that provides web browsers and mobile applications with real-time communication (RTC) via simple APIs. It allows audio and video communication to work inside web pages by allowing direct peer-to-peer communication, eliminating the need to install plugins or download native apps. It is commonly used for video conferencing, voice chat, and peer-to-peer file sharing.

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What other technologies are related to WebRTC?

WebRTC Competitor Technologies

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol is an alternative signaling protocol to WebRTC's signaling methods, though it can be used with WebRTC.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 9% (2.6k) of relevant job posts

RTSP

Real Time Streaming Protocol is a protocol for controlling streaming media servers, providing similar functionality to WebRTC but in a different application context.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 24% (486) of relevant job posts

RTMP

Real-Time Messaging Protocol is a proprietary protocol used for streaming audio, video, and data over the Internet, competing with WebRTC in some streaming scenarios.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 25% (403) of relevant job posts

GoogleHangout

Google Hangouts (now Google Meet) is a video conferencing platform that provides similar real-time communication features to WebRTC-based applications.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 65% (136) of relevant job posts

HLS

HTTP Live Streaming is an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol used for delivering video and audio over the Internet, competing with WebRTC in some streaming scenarios.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 11% (635) of relevant job posts

XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an alternative signaling protocol that provides similar functionality to WebRTC's signaling methods.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 23% (216) of relevant job posts

WebRTC Complementary Technologies

RTP

Real-time Transport Protocol is the underlying transport protocol for media streams in WebRTC.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 14% (1.1k) of relevant job posts

STUN

Session Traversal Utilities for NAT is used by WebRTC to discover public IP addresses and port mappings, allowing it to establish connections through NAT firewalls.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 51% (156) of relevant job posts

Kurento

Kurento is a WebRTC media server that provides advanced media processing capabilities for WebRTC applications.

mentioned alongside WebRTC in 97% (83) of relevant job posts