riffus / waterbus

Open source video conferencing app built on latest WebRTC SDK. Multi-attendee calls built on SFU. Your meeting will be more professional with Virtual Background. Additionally, multitasking is better with Picture in Picture.

Waterbus

Online Meeting App using Flutter and WebRTC SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit)

🤙 This is an Online Meeting App that utilizes Flutter and WebRTC technologies to provide users with a platform to conduct virtual meetings, conferences, and webinars. The app is built to provide seamless audio and video communication, as well as screen sharing, chat functionality, and file sharing.

Website • Wiki • License

👉 The Virtual Background feature supports both Android and iOS

⚡ Current supported features

Feature	Subscribe/Publish	Screen Sharing	Picture in Picture	Virtual Background	End to End Encryption	Record Media
iOS	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟡
Android	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟡

💥 Codec supported

Codec	VP8	VP9	H264	H265	AV1
iOS	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢
Android	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢	🟢

🟢 = Available

🟡 = Coming soon (Work in progress)

🔴 = Not currently available (Possibly in the future)

Note

• AV1 supported on iOS 14 and above, Android 14 and above.
• E2EE only supported H264, VP8 and VP9
• Video codec Android supported: Check at Google Site

Warning

Virtual Background is still in beta so it will not be stable. It is developed using MediaPipe for Android and VisionKit for iOS

🖼️ Online Meeting Diagram

📂 Repository Structure

└── waterbus/
    ├── .githooks/
    │   ├── pre-commit
    │   └── pre-push
    ├── .github/
    │   ├── FUNDING.yml
    │   ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
    │   ├── dependabot.yml
    │   └── workflows/
    │       ├── ci.yml
    │       └── release.yml
    ├── .metadata
    ├── analysis_options.yaml
    ├── android/
    │   ├── app/
    │   │   ├── build.gradle
    │   │   ├── google-services.json
    │   │   ├── proguard-rules.pro
    │   │   └── src/
    │   ├── build.gradle
    │   ├── gradle/
    │   │   └── wrapper/
    │   └── settings.gradle
    ├── benchmark/
    │   ├── benchmark.txt
    │   └── plot_benchmark_results.gp
    ├── codecov.yml
    ├── ios/
    │   ├── BroadcastAppGroup/
    │   │   └── BroadcastAppGroupHandler.swift
    │   ├── BroadcastWaterbus/
    │   │   ├── Atomic.swift
    │   │   ├── BroadcastWaterbus.entitlements
    │   │   ├── DarwinNotificationCenter.swift
    │   │   ├── Info.plist
    │   │   ├── SampleHandler.swift
    │   │   ├── SampleUploader.swift
    │   │   └── SocketConnection.swift
    │   ├── Flutter/
    │   │   ├── AppFrameworkInfo.plist
    │   │   ├── Debug.xcconfig
    │   │   └── Release.xcconfig
    │   ├── Podfile
    │   ├── Podfile.lock
    │   ├── Runner/
    │   │   ├── AppDelegate.swift
    │   │   ├── Assets.xcassets/
    │   │   ├── Base.lproj/
    │   │   ├── GoogleService-Info.plist
    │   │   ├── Info.plist
    │   │   ├── Runner-Bridging-Header.h
    │   │   └── Runner.entitlements
    │   ├── Runner.xcodeproj/
    │   │   ├── project.pbxproj
    │   │   ├── project.xcworkspace/
    │   │   └── xcshareddata/
    │   ├── Runner.xcworkspace/
    │   │   ├── contents.xcworkspacedata
    │   │   └── xcshareddata/
    │   └── clean-pods.sh
    ├── launcher_icon_setup.yaml
    ├── lib/
    │   ├── core/
    │   │   ├── app/
    │   │   ├── constants/
    │   │   ├── error/
    │   │   ├── helpers/
    │   │   ├── injection/
    │   │   ├── navigator/
    │   │   ├── types/
    │   │   ├── usecase/
    │   │   └── utils/
    │   ├── features/
    │   │   ├── app/
    │   │   ├── auth/
    │   │   ├── chats/
    │   │   ├── common/
    │   │   ├── conversation/
    │   │   ├── home/
    │   │   ├── meeting/
    │   │   ├── notifications/
    │   │   ├── profile/
    │   │   ├── schedule/
    │   │   └── settings/
    │   ├── gen/
    │   │   ├── assets.gen.dart
    │   │   └── fonts.gen.dart
    │   └── main.dart
    ├── packages/
    │   ├── auth/
    │   │   ├── .metadata
    │   │   ├── analysis_options.yaml
    │   │   ├── lib/
    │   │   ├── pubspec.yaml
    │   │   └── test/
    │   └── sizer/
    │       ├── .metadata
    │       ├── analysis_options.yaml
    │       ├── lib/
    │       └── pubspec.yaml
    ├── pubspec.lock
    ├── pubspec.yaml
    ├── run.sh
    ├── screenshots/
    ├── splash-setup.yaml
    ├── test/
    │   ├── constants/
    │   │   └── sample_file_path.dart
    │   ├── features/
    │   │   ├── auth/
    │   │   ├── meeting/
    │   │   └── profile/
    │   └── fixtures/
    │       ├── auth/
    │       ├── fixture_reader.dart
    │       └── meeting/

🚀 Getting Started

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the waterbus repository:

git clone https://github.com/lambiengcode/waterbus

2. Change to the project directory:

cd waterbus

3. Install the dependencies:

flutter pub get

🤖 Run flutter app

flutter run

🧪 Tests

flutter test

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🔥 Usage

1. Sign up for an account
2. Create a new meeting
3. Share the meeting link with other participants
4. Start the meeting and utilize the available features

🛠 Selfhosted Waterbus

• Restful API
• WebRTC SFU Server
• Waterbus Docs

⏲️ Benchmarking

• This part is benchmarking video codecs within a 60-second duration of an online meeting on an iPhone 13 running iOS 17.0.2. The codecs included in the benchmark are VP8, VP9, H.264, H.265, and AV1.
• The benchmark aims to quickly compare the performance differences between these codecs during a short online meeting session.

📱 Device Specifications

• Model: iPhone 13
• Operating System: iOS 17.0.2

🎯 Results

You can view the benchmark results in the generated plots and data files. Here's how you can interpret the results:

VP8

- Total encode time: 9325 (µs) in 60s call

VP9

- Total encode time: 12091 (µs) in 60s call

H264

- Total encode time: 11127 (µs) in 60s call

H265

- Total encode time: 9264 (µs) in 60s call

AV1

- Total encode time: 13615 (µs) in 60s call

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue if you encounter any problems or have suggestions for improvements.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or suggestions related to this application, please contact me via email: [e-mail] or [e-mail].