# ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat

🚀 Zipcall- Acquired @ 250k users 🚀 Peer to peer browser video calling platform with unmatched video quality and latency.

Repository: https://github.com/ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/decentralized-video-chat
Homepage: https://zipcall.io
License Family: other
Topics: video-call, webrtc, peer-to-peer, video-chat, nodejs, javascript
Last push: 2020-11-21T01:54:51+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": 2356, "days_push": 2112, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3311, forks 486 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:55.982696+00:00)

## What it is
Zipcall was a browser-based peer-to-peer video calling platform built with WebRTC and Node.js, offering features like screen sharing, live captions, text chat, and disposable chat rooms. The source code has been removed from the repository following the project's acquisition, so it is no longer usable or maintained.

## Use cases
- host peer-to-peer video calls in the browser without downloads
- video chat with low latency via direct WebRTC connections
- share my screen during a browser video call
- create single-use disposable video chat rooms
- get live captions during video calls

## When to choose
- You only need a reference for how a WebRTC video chat was architected, via an old fork or commit

## When to avoid
- You want to deploy or self-host a working video chat app today - the source code has been removed
- You need an actively maintained WebRTC solution with security updates
- You want guaranteed support or documentation - the project was acquired and abandoned in 2020

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, http-server
- domain: web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: webrtc, video-chat, peer-to-peer, video-calling, screen-sharing, live-captions, discontinued, video, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.982696+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 2026-08-29T18:42:24.385522+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.982696+00:00, sha 81f8aeff2387)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.