# simplewebrtc/SimpleWebRTC

Simplest WebRTC ever

Repository: https://github.com/simplewebrtc/SimpleWebRTC
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simplewebrtc
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-08-14T00:15:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4970, "days_push": 1481, "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 4686, forks 1177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:56.992514+00:00)

## What it is
SimpleWebRTC is a JavaScript library that wraps the WebRTC API to make building peer-to-peer video, audio, and data communication in the browser simple. It handles media capture, room joining via a signaling server, and peer connection setup with minimal code.

## Use cases
- add video chat to a web app
- build a browser-based video conferencing tool
- simplify WebRTC peer connections
- send files between browsers peer-to-peer
- join multi-party video rooms in the browser

## When to choose
- you need a quick, minimal wrapper around raw WebRTC for a prototype
- you want simple room-based video chat with a signaling server
- you are maintaining an existing project already built on SimpleWebRTC v2

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - the library is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need production support, security updates, or modern WebRTC features
- you need group file sharing or advanced media routing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, http-client, gui
- domain: web-development, frontend, apis
- platform: browser
- tags: webrtc, video-chat, peer-to-peer, deprecated, real-time-communication, screen-sharing, file-transfer, real-time, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- simplewebrtc/SimpleWebRTC (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:56.992514+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 2026-08-29T18:19:17.520941+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simplewebrtc/SimpleWebRTC (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:56.992514+00:00, sha 482378dfec53)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.