# react-native-webrtc/react-native-webrtc

The WebRTC module for React Native

Repository: https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-webrtc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-webrtc
Homepage: https://react-native-webrtc.discourse.group
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webrtc, react, react-native
Last push: 2026-08-10T23:13:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3993, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 43, "gap_med": 201, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4989, forks 1329 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.292781+00:00)

## What it is
A WebRTC module for React Native providing peer-to-peer audio/video calling, data channels, and screen capture on Android, iOS, tvOS, and web. It wraps native WebRTC (currently M124) behind a JavaScript API with Unified Plan and simulcast support.

## Use cases
- build a video calling app in react native
- add peer-to-peer audio calls to a mobile app
- use webrtc data channels in react native
- capture the screen and stream it from an ios or android app
- build a live streaming app with simulcast
- add real-time video chat to an expo app

## When to choose
- you need native WebRTC audio/video in a React Native app on iOS or Android
- you want data channels or screen capture alongside media streams
- you need simulcast and Unified Plan support on mobile

## When to avoid
- you target react-native-windows or macOS, which are not currently supported
- you need Plan B SDP semantics, removed in recent versions
- you rely on Expo Go without a dev client, since native code is required

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, audio-processing, video-processing, sdk
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: webrtc, react-native, video-calling, peer-to-peer, real-time-communication, data-channels, screen-capture, expo, real-time, android, ios, mobile, nodejs

## Member repositories
- react-native-webrtc/react-native-webrtc (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.292781+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 2026-08-29T18:17:39.824965+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-webrtc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.292781+00:00, sha 6e15506d00a9)
  - homepage: https://react-native-webrtc.discourse.group (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:41.238385+00:00, sha 6ab2f4217458)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.