Learning and science
2020WebRTC for the Curious
Learn how WebRTC actually works. A book on the protocols, not just APIs
Mixed667 points72 comments
Sean-Der
19 Show HNs that got attention, 2014 to 2026. 2,606 points in all, 13 with 50 or more.
- First
- Fail2web (2014)
- Best
- WebRTC for the Curious (667 points)
Infrastructure
2024BitWHIP
30ms latency screen sharing in Rust
Curious353 points69 comments
Infrastructure
2024Broadcast Box
OBS Live-streaming with 120ms latency
Curious283 points132 comments
Languages and libraries
2020amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c
Pure C WebRTC implementation for embedded devices
Debated251 points47 comments
Hardware
2025Santa's Magical Telephone
AI toy I worked on is in stores
Roasted156 points177 comments
Learning and science
2024sip-to-webrtc
Bring phone calls into the browser (SIP-to-WebRTC)
Mixed154 points56 comments
Infrastructure
2020pion/ion
pion/ion, self-hosted conferencing software with single command deploy
Curious124 points23 comments
Dev tools
2026Pion/handoff
Move WebRTC out of browser and into Go
Loved101 points17 comments
AI
2025OpenAI/reflect
Physical AI Assistant that illuminates your life
Debated92 points52 comments
Dev tools
2020WebRTC
WebRTC Insertable Streams and server processing
Curious86 points24 comments
Languages and libraries
2022WebRTC
AV1 and WebRTC
Curious72 points23 comments
Languages and libraries
2024openai-realtime-embedded-SDK
openai-realtime-embedded-SDK Build AI assistants on microcontrollers
Mixed63 points14 comments
Languages and libraries
2025OpenCV over WebRTC (Go example)
OpenCV over WebRTC (in Go)
Curious57 points9 comments
Infrastructure
2014Fail2web
A fail2ban GUI
Debated48 points14 comments
Hardware
2025VapiAI vapicon-2025 hardware workshop
Open-Source Voice AI Badge Powered by ESP32+WebRTC
Quiet48 points6 comments
Dev tools
2020example-webrtc-applications
Minimal WebRTC conferencing using Flutter (Android, iOS and Native)
Quiet22 points1 comments
Languages and libraries
2019pion/offline-browser-communication
P2P/serverless browser to Go back end – no DNS/IP required
Quiet15 points7 comments
Languages and libraries
2022Opus
Pure Go Opus Audio Codec implementation
Quiet10 points1 comments
Consumer and social
2019rtwatch
rtwatch. Watch videos with friends via WebRTC, perfectly synchronized
Quiet4 points8 comments
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