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Janus

General purpose WebRTC server.

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Janus is a general purpose WebRTC server developed in C that establishes WebRTC media communication with a browser, exchanges JSON messages, and relays RTP/RTCP and messages between browsers and server-side application logic. It does not provide application functionality on its own; specific features are added through server-side plugins, such as echo tests, conference bridges, media recorders, and SIP gateways.

The pluggable module design lets deployments be equipped only with what is needed, supporting configurations ranging from a full WebRTC gateway in the cloud to a small box handling a specific use case. The site provides documentation and demos, and notes that the current materials cover the multistream version, with the previous 0.x legacy version available separately.

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