Real-Time Video Room

A full-stack peer-to-peer video streaming and live chat application built to explore and implement WebRTC, Redis Pub/Sub, Socket.io, and scalable real-time communication architecture.

🔍 What I Learned

• Real-time communication using WebRTC and Socket.io
• Redis Pub/Sub for real-time messaging and chat persistence
• Scalable architecture for multi-user video rooms
• Backend development with Node.js and Express.js
• Frontend design using React and Material UI
• Deployment with Railway (backend) and Netlify (frontend)

🚀 Features

• Join a video room using username and room ID
• Peer-to-peer video streaming with multiple users
• Mute/unmute audio and toggle video on/off
• Screen sharing support
• Live chat with message persistence using Redis
• New users receive complete chat history on joining

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express.js
• WebRTC + Socket.io
• Redis (Pub/Sub + persistent message store)
• React + Material UI
• Hosted on Railway & Netlify

📦 Installation

# Backend
cd server
npm install
npm start

# Frontend
cd client
npm install
npm run dev