# ionorg/ion

Real-Distributed  RTC System by pure Go and Flutter

Repository: https://github.com/ionorg/ion
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ionorg-ion
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webrtc, sfu, media, server, golang, js, flutter
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-01T04:28:50+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": 2732, "days_push": 1067, "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 3799, forks 508 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:20.083687+00:00)

## What it is
ION is a distributed real-time communication (RTC) system built in pure Go with Flutter clients, providing WebRTC SFU-based media streaming. It aims to enable chat across any device, anytime, anywhere.

## Use cases
- build a video conferencing app
- self-host a webrtc sfu media server
- live stream audio and video to multiple viewers
- add real-time chat to a flutter mobile app
- build a distributed rtc platform in go

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted, distributed WebRTC SFU in Go
- you want Flutter clients for cross-platform RTC
- you want an MIT-licensed RTC backend to customize

## When to avoid
- you need a turnkey, actively maintained product with recent releases
- you prefer a managed RTC service like Twilio or Agora
- you need non-Go/Flutter client SDKs

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, http-server, rpc, streaming
- domain: web-development, media, microservices
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: webrtc, sfu, real-time-communication, video-conferencing, flutter, live-streaming, audio-video, real-time, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ionorg/ion (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.083687+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 2026-08-29T18:26:54.385935+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ionorg/ion (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.083687+00:00, sha ea0f09a83cd6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.