Camus is a video chat app that uses WebRTC for direct peer-to-peer communication. Users can create public or private rooms, optionally protected by a password. In addition to streaming audio and video from a webcam and microphone, Camus also provides screen sharing and text chat.

• Webcam streaming
• Desktop sharing
• Text chat
• Room management (public/private, password/no password, guest limits)

You can find a live demo at https://camus.chat.

Camus requires Python 3.7 or higher since it makes use of Quart and async syntax. As usual, it's best to use a virtual environment.

Install Camus:

$ pip install camus-chat

Run Camus:

$ camus

Go to localhost:5000 in your browser. For local testing, you can visit the same room in multiple tabs and each tab will act as a separate client.

You can find a pre-built Docker image on Docker Hub. Use the following command to pull the image and run a container:

$ docker run -d -p 5000:5000 mrgnr/camus

Go to localhost:5000 in your browser. For local testing, you can visit the same room in multiple tabs and each tab will act as a separate client.

See the technical overview to understand how Camus works.

See the development documentation for build & test instructions.

• [x] Audio/video streaming
• [x] Desktop sharing
• [x] Text chat
• [x] Cross-browser support (using Babel, Adapter)
  • [x] Chromium/Chrome/Brave
  • [x] Firefox
  • [x] Safari
• [x] Support TURN server

• [ ] Rewrite the UI using React
• [ ] Make the UI accessible
• [ ] Configurable TURN server in the client
• [ ] Controls for video quality
• [ ] Debian package

• [ ] Persistent storage (SQLite, Redis, and/or PostgreSQL)
• [ ] User accounts, persistent user settings
• [ ] Support SFU for client scalability