# cjb/serverless-webrtc

A demo of using WebRTC with no signaling server.

Repository: https://github.com/cjb/serverless-webrtc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/serverless-webrtc
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-09-03T23:31:09+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": 4868, "days_push": 1825, "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 1565, forks 244 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:04.217315+00:00)

## What it is
A tech demo of WebRTC peer-to-peer chat and file transfer with no signaling server, where users manually exchange offer/answer SDP. It ships as both a Node.js terminal client and a browser HTML client that interoperate.

## Use cases
- chat between two peers without a server
- send files peer-to-peer over WebRTC datachannels
- learn how WebRTC offer/answer signaling works
- run a p2p chat entirely from file:// with no web server
- test WebRTC interoperability between Node and browsers
- exchange SDP manually over IM to establish a connection

## When to choose
- you want a minimal serverless WebRTC demo or learning example
- you need direct peer-to-peer text/file exchange without infrastructure
- you want a terminal WebRTC datachannel client on Node

## When to avoid
- you need a production chat system with discovery, presence, or many users
- you want automatic signaling or TURN/STUN handling
- you need a maintained product - it is a demo last released in 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, chat-interface, file-upload, developer-tools
- domain: networking, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cli, cross-platform
- tags: webrtc, datachannel, signaling-serverless, peer-to-peer, file-transfer, tech-demo, javascript, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cjb/serverless-webrtc (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.217315+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 2026-08-30T04:00:10.840982+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cjb/serverless-webrtc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.217315+00:00, sha 1c1a5b9bf1eb)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/serverless-webrtc (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:55.043563+00:00, sha b029d1ab5eca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.