# webrtc/apprtc

appr.tc has been shutdown. Please use the Dockerfile to run your own test/dev instance.

Repository: https://github.com/webrtc/apprtc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apprtc
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-24T09:26:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4229, "days_push": 861, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4228, forks 1353 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:39.395202+00:00)

## What it is
AppRTC is the reference WebRTC video chat demo application from the WebRTC project, providing a browser-based video calling room service with signaling via its Collider WebSocket server. The public appr.tc instance has been shut down, so it is now intended to be run locally via Docker or manual setup for WebRTC development and testing.

## Use cases
- run a local WebRTC video chat demo
- test WebRTC signaling between browsers
- experiment with WebRTC room-based calling
- self-host a video call test server
- learn how WebRTC signaling works
- set up a TURN server test environment

## When to choose
- you need a reference implementation for building WebRTC apps
- you want to test WebRTC connectivity locally with Collider and Coturn
- you are learning how WebRTC signaling and room management work

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready video conferencing product
- you expect the hosted appr.tc service (it is shut down)
- you need modern maintained tooling (the stack uses Python 2 and App Engine SDK)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, http-server, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: webrtc, video-chat, signaling, demo-app, google-app-engine, collider, coturn, real-time, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- webrtc/apprtc (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.395202+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 2026-08-29T18:22:21.914927+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/webrtc/apprtc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.395202+00:00, sha f1b378ed47db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.