WebRTC -- Build Your Own Skype (and More)

Originally published on speedydev.pl in 2017 as part of the Daj Się Poznać blogging contest. Republished here for archival purposes.

Maybe building yet another video communicator isn’t the greatest idea — but WebRTC can genuinely satisfy business needs, especially for internal helpdesk and support workflows.

Demo

Here’s a quick video showing it in action:

WebRTC — własny Skype? (YouTube)

Code

• webrtc-and — Android client
• webrtc-api — API / signalling server

Good resources if you want to dig deeper

• Android WebRTC Tutorial
• WebRTC official start guide
• WebRTC samples
• HTML5 Rocks — WebRTC basics