# mpromonet/webrtc-streamer

WebRTC streamer for V4L2 capture devices, RTSP sources and Screen Capture

Repository: https://github.com/mpromonet/webrtc-streamer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webrtc-streamer
Homepage: https://webrtcstreamer.agreeabletree-365b9a90.canadacentral.azurecontainerapps.io/?layout=2x2
Language: C++
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: webrtc, streamer, rtsp, c-plus-plus, v4l2, webrtc-streamer, whep, rtmp
Last push: 2026-08-23T16:58:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4290, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 71, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3578, forks 677 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:10.848242+00:00)

## What it is
A C++ WebRTC streamer that exposes media sources such as V4L2 capture devices, RTSP/RTMP streams, screen capture, and MKV files to browsers via a simple HTTP signaling API, also compatible with WHEP. It ships as a standalone binary, Docker image, and snap package with an embedded HTTP server and web frontend.

## Use cases
- view an RTSP IP camera feed in a web browser without plugins
- stream a webcam or V4L2 capture device over WebRTC
- share the screen as a low-latency WebRTC video stream
- embed live camera video into a web page using WHEP
- serve local MKV video files to remote viewers via WebRTC
- self-host a lightweight video streaming gateway for CCTV cameras

## When to choose
- you need to view RTSP or RTMP sources in browsers with low latency
- you want a simple self-hosted WebRTC gateway with minimal setup
- you need WHEP compatibility for standards-based playback
- you run on embedded Linux devices like NanoPi with V4L2 cameras

## When to avoid
- you need large-scale multi-tenant streaming with recording and transcoding
- you want a full media server with adaptive bitrate and HLS/DASH output
- you need WebRTC peer-to-peer conferencing with multiple participants
- you require a managed cloud streaming service

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, http-server, streaming, webhook
- domain: media, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: webrtc, rtsp, v4l2, whep, rtmp, screen-capture, video-streaming, signaling, video, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- mpromonet/webrtc-streamer (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.848242+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 2026-08-29T18:34:01.411861+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mpromonet/webrtc-streamer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.848242+00:00, sha 1f51dbb0eebb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.