Lightweight WebRTC browser library that supports video, audio and data channels.
- Lightweight! 3kb (gzipped)
- Zero dependencies
- Ships with TypeScript definitions
- Uses modern WebRTC APIs
- "Perfect negotiation" pattern
- Support for renegotiation of connection
- ICE candidate batching
yarn add peer-liteimport Peer from 'peer-lite';
const peer1 = new Peer();
const peer2 = new Peer();
peer1.on('signal', async (description) => {
await peer2.signal(description);
})
peer2.on('signal', async (description) => {
await peer1.signal(description);
})
peer1.on('onicecandidates', async (candidates) => {
const promises = candidates.map(async candidate => peer2.addIceCandidate(candidate));
await Promise.all(promises);
});
peer2.on('onicecandidates', async (candidates) => {
const promises = candidates.map(async candidate => peer1.addIceCandidate(candidate));
await Promise.all(promises);
});
peer1.on('streamRemote', (stream) => {
document.querySelector('#video1').srcObject = stream;
});
peer2.on('streamRemote', (stream) => {
document.querySelector('#video2').srcObject = stream;
});
(async () => {
const stream = await Peer.getUserMedia();
peer1.addStream(stream);
peer2.addStream(stream);
peer1.start();
})();import Peer from 'peer-lite';
const peer = new Peer();
const fakeSocket = new Socket();
// Peer events
peer.on('signal', async (description) => {
fakeSocket.emit('signal', description);
});
peer.on('onicecandidates', async (candidates) => {
fakeSocket.emit('onicecandidates', candidates);
});
peer.on('streamLocal', (stream) => {
document.querySelector('#videoLocal').srcObject = stream;
});
peer.on('streamRemote', (stream) => {
document.querySelector('#videoRemote').srcObject = stream;
});
// Socket events
fakeSocket.on('signal', async (description) => {
await peer.signal(description);
});
fakeSocket.on('onicecandidates', async (candidates) => {
const promises = candidates.map(async candidate => peer.addIceCandidate(candidate));
await Promise.all(promises);
});
(async () => {
const stream = await Peer.getUserMedia();
peer.addStream(stream);
peer.start();
})();See more examples here with signalling server.
new Peer(Options)
interface PeerOptions {
/** Enable support for batching ICECandidates */
batchCandidates?: boolean;
/** Timeout in MS before emitting batched ICECandidates */
batchCandidatesTimeout?: number;
/** Peer id used when emitting errors */
id?: string;
/** RTCPeerConnection options */
config?: RTCConfiguration;
/** RTCOfferOptions options */
offerOptions?: RTCOfferOptions;
/** Enable support for RTCDataChannels */
enableDataChannels?: boolean;
/** Default RTCDataChannel label */
channelLabel?: string;
/** Default RTCDataChannel options */
channelOptions?: RTCDataChannelInit;
/** Function to transform offer/answer SDP */
sdpTransform?: (sdp: string) => string;
}interface Peer {
/** Create a peer instance */
constructor(options?: PeerOptions);
/** Initialize the peer */
init(): RTCPeerConnection;
/** Start the RTCPeerConnection signalling */
start({ polite }?: {
polite?: boolean | undefined;
}): void;
/** Process a RTCSessionDescriptionInit on peer */
signal(description: RTCSessionDescriptionInit): Promise<void>;
/** Add RTCIceCandidate to peer */
addIceCandidate(candidate: RTCIceCandidate): Promise<void>;
/** Send data to connected peer using an RTCDataChannel */
send(data: string | Blob | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView, label?: string): boolean;
/** Add RTCDataChannel to peer */
addDataChannel(label?: string, options?: RTCDataChannelInit): void;
/** Get RTCDataChannel added to peer */
getDataChannel(label?: string): RTCDataChannel | undefined;
/** Close peer if active */
destroy(): void;
/** Return the ICEConnectionState of the peer */
status(): RTCIceConnectionState;
/** Return true if the peer is connected */
isConnected(): boolean;
/** Return true if the peer is closed */
isClosed(): boolean;
/** Return the RTCPeerConnection */
get(): RTCPeerConnection;
/** Return the local stream */
getStreamLocal(): MediaStream;
/** Add stream to peer */
addStream(stream: MediaStream, replace?: boolean): void;
/** Remove stream from peer */
removeStream(stream: MediaStream): void;
/** Add track to peer */
addTrack(track: MediaStreamTrack): void;
/** Remove track on peer */
removeTrack(track: MediaStreamTrack): void;
/** Remove tracks on peer */
removeTracks(tracks: MediaStreamTrack[]): void;
/** Replace track with another track on peer */
replaceTrack(track: MediaStreamTrack, newTrack: MediaStreamTrack): Promise<void>;
on<E extends keyof PeerEvents>(event: E, listener: PeerEvents[E]): TypedEmitter<PeerEvents>;
off<E extends keyof PeerEvents>(event: E, listener: PeerEvents[E]): TypedEmitter<PeerEvents>;
offAll<E extends keyof PeerEvents>(event?: E): TypedEmitter<PeerEvents>;
}interface PeerEvents {
error: (data: { id: string; message: string; error?: Error }) => void;
// Connection Status
connecting: VoidFunction;
connected: VoidFunction;
disconnected: VoidFunction;
status: (status: RTCIceConnectionState) => void;
// Signal and RTCIceCandidates
signal: (description: RTCSessionDescriptionInit) => void;
onicecandidates: (iceCandidates: RTCIceCandidate[]) => void;
// MediaStreams
streamLocal: (stream: MediaStream) => void;
streamRemote: (stream: MediaStream) => void;
// RTCDataChannel
channelOpen: (data: { channel: RTCDataChannel }) => void;
channelClosed: (data: { channel: RTCDataChannel }) => void;
channelError: (data: { channel: RTCDataChannel; event: RTCErrorEvent }) => void;
channelData: (data: {
channel: RTCDataChannel;
source: 'incoming' | 'outgoing';
data: string | Blob | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView;
}) => void;
}The tests run inside a headless Chrome and Firefox with Playwright and @playwright/test. These run quickly and allow testing of WebRTC APIs in real browsers.
Run Tests (Chrome only)
yarn testRun Tests (Chrome + Firefox)
CI=true yarn test- PeerJS: https://github.com/peers/peerjs
- Simple Peer: https://github.com/feross/simple-peer
- SimpleWebRTC: https://github.com/andyet/SimpleWebRTC
- More here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24857637/current-state-of-javascript-webrtc-libraries