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    Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

    data-engineering
    audio
    go
    golang
    live-video
    ortc
    Go
    MIT
    16.8K stars
    1.9K forks
    16.8K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 17, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #61 of 3,103 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 2%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 241 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #98 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements the WebRTC API purely in Go for real-time peer-to-peer audio, video, and data communication.
    • Offers a pure Go solution with no Cgo dependencies, enabling easy cross-platform builds and wide architecture support.
    • Use for building live video streaming applications that require synchronized playback across multiple browsers.
    • Use for developing embedded device applications that stream webcam video directly to browsers without extra servers.
    • Use for creating secure server-to-server data channels without relying on pub/sub messaging systems.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    A pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

    Pion WebRTC v4.0.0 has been released! See the release notes to learn about new features and breaking changes.

    If you aren't able to upgrade yet check the tags for the latest v3 release.

    We would love your feedback! Please create GitHub issues or Join the Discord to follow development and speak with the maintainers.

    Go Modules are mandatory for using Pion WebRTC. So make sure you set export GO111MODULE=on, and explicitly specify /v4 (or an earlier version) when importing.

    example applications contains code samples of common things people build with Pion WebRTC.

    example-webrtc-applications contains more full featured examples that use 3rd party libraries.

    awesome-pion contains projects that have used Pion, and serve as real world examples of usage.

    GoDoc is an auto generated API reference. All our Public APIs are commented.

    FAQ has answers to common questions. If you have a question not covered please ask in Discord we are always looking to expand it.

    Excerpt from the pion/webrtc README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    1.9K+35

    Open issues

    108+2

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