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LiveKit

The open source, end-to-end stack for WebRTC
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What is LiveKit?

LiveKit is a set of APIs and SDKs which make it easy to build and scale live video and audio features in your application. Use cases include interactive live streaming, video calls, communications in games, and robotics teleoperations.
LiveKit is a tool in the Communications SDK category of a tech stack.
LiveKit is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to LiveKit's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses LiveKit?

Developers
5 developers on StackShare have stated that they use LiveKit.

LiveKit Integrations

JavaScript, Python, Node.js, React, and PHP are some of the popular tools that integrate with LiveKit. Here's a list of all 20 tools that integrate with LiveKit.

LiveKit's Features

  • Scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit)
  • Modern, full-featured client SDKs
  • Built for production, supports JWT authentication
  • Robust networking and connectivity, UDP/TCP/TURN
  • Cloud-hosted or self-host with single binary, Docker or Kubernetes
  • Advanced features include speaker detection, simulcast, adaptive bitrate and dynamic broadcasting, selective subscription, moderation APIs, webhooks, and distributed multi-region configurations

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What are some alternatives to LiveKit?
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LiveKit's Followers
16 developers follow LiveKit to keep up with related blogs and decisions.