# awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams.

Repository: https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c
Homepage: https://awslabs.github.io/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c/group__PublicMemberFunctions.html
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kinesis-video-streams, webrtc-sdk, webrtc
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:50:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2563, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 35, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1206, forks 397 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.334860+00:00)

## What it is
A pure C WebRTC client SDK for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams that enables real-time audio/video communication between embedded devices and the cloud. It provides a small-footprint, cross-compilable library with developer-controlled media pipeline, DataChannels, and built-in KVS signaling.

## Use cases
- stream live video from an IP camera to AWS Kinesis Video Streams
- add WebRTC support to an embedded C/C++ device
- build a two-way audio intercom between a device and a web browser
- stream low-latency video from a Raspberry Pi to the cloud
- send data over WebRTC DataChannels from an IoT device
- integrate STUN/TURN-based peer-to-peer media streaming in C

## When to choose
- you need WebRTC in a resource-constrained embedded environment with a sub-200k library footprint
- your media pipeline must ingest into Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
- you want fine-grained control over encoding, congestion control, and raw media input/output
- you need cross-compilation for ARM or other embedded targets

## When to avoid
- you need a high-level WebRTC stack with browser-style APIs rather than C callbacks
- your project is not tied to AWS/Kinesis Video Streams and you prefer libwebrtc or aiortc
- you need broad OS support beyond Linux/macOS
- you want a pure C++ or managed-language SDK instead of C

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, networking, sdk, streaming
- domain: iot, embedded-systems, cloud-computing, media
- platform: embedded, iot, cpp, c
- tags: webrtc, kinesis-video-streams, aws, peer-to-peer, real-time-communication, embedded-devices, signaling, stun-turn, real-time, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.334860+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:19:16.712509+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.334860+00:00, sha 66a879d8421c)
  - homepage: https://awslabs.github.io/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c/group__PublicMemberFunctions.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:26:48.268678+00:00, sha 1a86e11c0f1a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.