WebRTC P2P - Update

Question

When will it be posible to exchange any kind of data via P2P with WebRTC?

I'm thinking about making a P2P bittorrent software, not to stream audio/video.

Thanks

niutech · Answer 1 · 2013-02-17T21:19:13.677

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There are some JS libraries: PeerJS and BoneValue for P2P data exchanging using WebRTC.

If you want to make a BitTorrent-like JS app for sending files, be aware that there are some already - BtAppJS, ShareFest, ShareIt, RTC-P2P, and P2P-Share.

edited Feb 17 '13 at 21:19

answered Feb 17 '13 at 19:27

niutech

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Wow those are some great links. WebRTC is going to take over and I'm loving it. Right now I have a huge bittorrent service in production relying on embedded Java but you better believe once WebRTC is fully adopted properly we'll be moving to it. – xendi Nov 29 '13 at 23:05

diffalot · Answer 2 · 2012-07-01T20:57:23.377

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This will available in Chrome using the DataChannel: http://webrtc-demos.appspot.com/html/dc1.html

You can see an overview in this talk from Google I/O: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8C8ouiXHHk&t=24m30s

I have not been able to establish a data connection in Chrome 21 or 22 (Canary), next step is to try compiling for myself.

edited Jul 01 '12 at 20:57

answered Jul 01 '12 at 19:44

diffalot

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '15 at 19:14

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P2P bittorrent software based on WebRTC already exists. It's called WebTorrent (source).

answered Dec 21 '15 at 19:14

Geremia

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '19 at 13:17

WebRTC that doesn't stream audio/video but arbitrary data is called RTCDataChannel: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCDataChannel

But you are late - WebTorrent already exists.

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