# metartc/metaRTC

webrtc sdk for embedded / IoT / robotics devices

Repository: https://github.com/metartc/metaRTC
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/metartc
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: webrtc, webrtc-sdk, whep, whip, embeded
Last push: 2026-07-11T01:14:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 49, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1720, "days_push": 54, "days_rel": 263, "gap_med": 70.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1143, forks 276 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.756667+00:00)

## What it is
MetaRTC is a pure C WebRTC SDK designed for embedded, IoT, and robotics devices, implementing a complete WebRTC protocol stack (ICE, DTLS/SRTP, RTP/RTCP, DataChannels, WHIP/WHEP). It runs across Linux, RTOS, Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS on architectures including ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, Loongson, and x86.

## Use cases
- add webrtc streaming to an embedded linux camera
- run webrtc on an rtos iot device
- push video from a robotics device to a browser
- lightweight webrtc sdk in pure c
- whip whep client for embedded devices
- p2p audio video streaming on arm boards
- webrtc without chrome libwebrtc dependency

## When to choose
- you need WebRTC on resource-constrained embedded or IoT hardware
- you want a pure C stack portable across RTOS, Linux, Android, and iOS
- you need WHIP/WHEP, H265, or DataChannel support outside the browser
- you want full control and offline operation without libwebrtc's size

## When to avoid
- you need a batteries-included browser-side WebRTC stack
- your project is a standard desktop or server app where libwebrtc or Pion fits fine
- you need extensive third-party ecosystem tooling and large community support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, video-processing, audio-processing, networking, p2p, streaming
- domain: embedded-systems, iot, robotics, cross-platform, media
- platform: windows, embedded, cross-platform, cpp, c
- tags: webrtc, whip, whep, rtos, iot, embedded, pure-c, h265, p2p, streaming, real-time, linux, macos, android, ios

## Member repositories
- metartc/metaRTC (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.756667+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 2026-08-30T06:34:56.343407+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/metartc/metaRTC (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.756667+00:00, sha 626a15a88221)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.