# node-webrtc/node-webrtc

node-webrtc is a Node.js Native Addon that provides bindings to WebRTC M106

Repository: https://github.com/node-webrtc/node-webrtc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-webrtc
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: node, webrtc, bindings, native-addon, n-api
Last push: 2026-03-26T15:00:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4810, "days_push": 160, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2805, forks 479 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.784475+00:00)

## What it is
node-webrtc is a Node.js native addon (N-API) providing bindings to Google's WebRTC M106 stack. It aims for spec compliance with the WebRTC API and includes nonstandard APIs useful for testing.

## Use cases
- add WebRTC peer-to-peer audio/video to a Node.js server
- use RTCPeerConnection and data channels in Node.js
- build a WebRTC signaling server in Node
- run WebRTC in headless environments for testing
- exchange media between a browser and a Node.js backend

## When to choose
- you need native WebRTC performance and spec-compliant APIs in Node.js
- you want prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows
- you need nonstandard testing APIs for WebRTC

## When to avoid
- you need a pure-JavaScript solution (consider werift)
- you need a lighter-weight data-channel-only library (consider node-datachannel)
- you target platforms without prebuilt binaries and cannot build from source

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, networking, websocket
- domain: web-development, backend, networking
- platform: windows
- tags: webrtc, native-addon, n-api, real-time-communication, p2p, audio-video, real-time, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- node-webrtc/node-webrtc (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.784475+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 2026-08-30T08:14:29.603175+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/node-webrtc/node-webrtc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.784475+00:00, sha 04549ff38a6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.