Pion WebRTC
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The facts
Each one read from Pion WebRTC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- Pion describes its users as large companies, startups and hobbyists, and says it can be used to build mobile applications and WebRTC servers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Build requirement
- Go Modules are mandatory for using Pion WebRTC.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Connectivity
- Connectivity features include ICE, ICE restart, trickle ICE, STUN, TURN over UDP/TCP/DTLS/TLS, and mDNS candidates.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data channel options
- Data channels can be ordered or unordered, and lossy or lossless.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data channels
- Data channels support ordered or unordered delivery and lossy or lossless modes.checked 2 Oct 2026
- getUserMedia limitation
- The listed getUserMedia implementation requires Cgo.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project describes integration with x264, libvpx, GStreamer and ffmpeg.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Pion says its users include large companies, startups, and hobbyists, and describes uses including mobile applications and WebRTC servers.checked 3 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as MIT.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Media
- Media features include direct RTP/RTCP access, packetizers for Opus, PCM, H264, VP8 and VP9, simulcast, SVC, NACK, and bandwidth estimation.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Media and data
- Its PeerConnection API supports data channels and sending and receiving audio and video.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Media integrations
- The project lists packetizers for Opus, PCM, H264, VP8, and VP9, and says it integrates with x264, libvpx, GStreamer, and ffmpeg.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The Pion project describes itself as open source, and the WebRTC repository lists the MIT License.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Peer connections
- Its PeerConnection API supports data channels, audio and video send/receive, renegotiation, and statistics.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Portability
- The project lists support for Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, iOS, Android and WASM.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pion is an open source, cross platform stack for real-time media and data communication.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Project governance
- Pion describes itself as community-owned, with no corporation behind it and a roadmap driven by users.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Project history
- A Pion blog post says the project’s first commit was on March 7, 2018.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Pure Go
- The project says it uses no Cgo, while its getUserMedia implementation requires Cgo.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The repository lists DTLS v1.2 and SRTP cipher suites, with hardware acceleration available for GCM suites.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Pion points users to its active Discord community and lists [email protected] for commercial support.checked 3 Oct 2026
- WASM
- Pion WebRTC can be compiled to WebAssembly, where it acts as a wrapper around the JavaScript WebRTC API.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2018checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform support
- The repository lists Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, iOS, Android, and WebAssembly support.checked 3 Oct 2026
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