# ISBX/apprtc-ios

A native iOS video chat app based on WebRTC

Repository: https://github.com/ISBX/apprtc-ios
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apprtc-ios
Language: Objective-C
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-12-03T00:43:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4197, "days_push": 2466, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1352, forks 409 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.348030+00:00)

## What it is
A native iOS video chat application built on WebRTC, packaged as a CocoaPods library with reusable Objective-C view controllers. It wraps Google's AppRTC demo with a precompiled libWebRTC static library for 64-bit iOS devices.

## Use cases
- add webrtc video chat to an ios app
- native ios video calling client
- integrate libwebrtc into xcode project without compiling
- build a peer-to-peer video chat app on iphone
- connect ios app to apprtc signaling server
- drop-in video chat view controllers for ios

## When to choose
- you need a native Objective-C WebRTC video chat starting point for iOS
- you want precompiled libWebRTC to avoid lengthy builds
- you're targeting the AppRTC demo server for prototyping

## When to avoid
- you need current WebRTC releases or active maintenance (last release 2019)
- you need Swift-first or SwiftUI integration
- you need iOS Simulator support
- you need production-grade video chat with modern signaling

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, http-client, gui
- domain: mobile-development, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: webrtc, video-chat, objective-c, cocoapods, peer-to-peer, video-calling, real-time, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- ISBX/apprtc-ios (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.348030+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 2026-08-30T04:42:07.808278+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ISBX/apprtc-ios (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.348030+00:00, sha 4eb0c8836697)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.