pion/ion

Infrastructure

self-hosted video conferencing

SHOW HN2020

pion/ion

pion/ion, self-hosted conferencing software with single command deploy

github.com

#webrtc#video conferencing#self-hosted#golang#flutter

124points
23comments
#511of 3,028 in 2020
Top 17%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Independent WebRTC implementation without bundling Chrome's stack

    From 1 comment
    • I've been keeping an eye on the pion/ion ecosystem, since I like the idea of an independent WebRTC stack that doesn't essentially bundle Chrome's implementation, and I've toyed…
      0az on HN
  • Impressive progress and Flutter/mobile SDK support

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • README is hard to follow and too technical

    From 1 comment
    • This sounds interesting, but I can't tell what it is -- there's too much terminology I'm not familiar with. The list of features is all tech-centric and doesn't step back and say…
      armagon on HN
  • Deployment did not work for one user on a VPS

    From 2 comments
    • Got excited, followed the readme and installed onto VPS. Users can join, but nothing ever happens beyond the 'waiting for people to join message'. It seems to bind to a large…
      throwaway9298 on HN
    • Turned firewall off, still no dice. Bummer.
      throwaway9298 on HN

Requests

  • Build/deploy instructions without Docker

    From 1 comment
    • This looks excellent, nice work and thanks for releasing it at a time when this kind of thing is even more critical to free us from the shackles of commercial/closed source…
      trog on HN
  • React Native support

    From 1 comment
    • Are there any plans to support react native?
      laex on HN

Questions

  • Audio latency suitability for musicians

    From 1 comment
    • What's the audio latency like? I've been looking for something that can be made resppnsive enough to allow musicians to collaborate online.
      contravariant on HN
  • Server requirements estimate

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Jitsi

    From 1 comment
    • looks interesting, is this similar to jitsi project as far as functions go?
      ausjke on HN
  • NINJAM

    From 2 comments

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