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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently y-webrtcuses a custom server for signaling. I think this is not ideal because it's a comparatively niche thing. Sometimes public servers go down (#43), creating a big headache for app developers that now have to set up a new server (that might go down as well). Having a custom server also adds maintenance costs.
I'm not 100% sure this is a good idea, and I didn't look into details of how the current signaling server works, or how Centrifugo works. It's just a high-level idea that I think it makes sense to strive for.
I had the same concerns and went ahead by creating a Rust-based signaling server here. You can host it for free on fly.io.
I'm currently using it for my app and I expect to maintain it in the future.
ngryman
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9 months ago
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently
y-webrtcuses a custom server for signaling. I think this is not ideal because it's a comparatively niche thing. Sometimes public servers go down (#43), creating a big headache for app developers that now have to set up a new server (that might go down as well). Having a custom server also adds maintenance costs.Describe the solution you'd like Rely on another existing server that can be used for signaling. For example, https://github.com/peers/peerjs-server. Or, I heard, you can use https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo for signaling (there is a concept of rooms (channels) as well).
Describe alternatives you've considered
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Additional context
I'm not 100% sure this is a good idea, and I didn't look into details of how the current signaling server works, or how Centrifugo works. It's just a high-level idea that I think it makes sense to strive for.