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LiveKit Has a Free Open-Source WebRTC Platform — Build Video and Audio Apps Without Twilio
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LiveKit Has a Free Open-Source WebRTC Platform — Build Video and Audio Apps Without Twilio

via Dev.to JavaScriptAlex Spinov4h ago

LiveKit Has a Free Open-Source WebRTC Platform Twilio charges per minute. Daily.co has usage limits. LiveKit is open-source, self-hostable, and handles everything from video calls to live streaming. What LiveKit Does LiveKit is a real-time communication platform built on WebRTC: Video and audio rooms — up to thousands of participants Screen sharing — with audio capture Recording and streaming — to S3, RTMP, or HLS AI integration — process audio/video with AI agents Client SDKs — JavaScript, React, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, Unity SFU architecture — Selective Forwarding Unit for scalability Quick Start # Self-host with Docker docker run --rm -p 7880:7880 -p 7881:7881 \ -e LIVEKIT_KEYS = "devkey: secret" \ livekit/livekit-server # Or use LiveKit Cloud (free tier available) # Generate a token livekit-cli create-token --api-key devkey --api-secret secret \ --join --room my-room --identity user1 React Integration import { LiveKitRoom , VideoConference } from " @livekit/components-react " ; fun

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