decentralized-video-chat/README.md

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Zipcall - Decentralized Video Chat

Author License: MIT Donate Repo Link code style: prettier

https://zipcall.io

Decentralized video chat platform powered by WebRTC using Twilio STUN/TURN infrastructure. Zipcall provides video quality and latency simply not available with traditional technology.

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Features

  • Screen sharing
  • Picture in picture
  • Live captions
  • Text chat
  • Auto-scaling video quality
  • No download required, entirely browser based
  • Direct peer to peer connection ensures lowest latency
  • Single use disposable chat rooms

Quick start

  • You will need to have Node.js installed, this project has been tested with Node version 10.X and 12.X
  • Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat
cd decentralized-video-chat
  • Install dependencies
npm install
  • Start the server
npm start
  • Open localhost:3000 in Chrome or Firefox.
  • If you want to use a client on another computer/network, make sure you publish your server on an HTTPS connection. You can use a service like ngrok for that.