# Janus Gateway

> GPL-3.0 plugin-core WebRTC gateway (SIP, VideoRoom, streaming)

**Category:** Comms  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://janus.conf.meetecho.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/meetecho/janus-gateway  
**Added:** 2026-09-04

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## The Hook

Janus is the plugin-core C gateway when you need SIP, VideoRoom, streaming, and recording — not an opinionated rooms SaaS.

## What's Good

GPL-3.0 core. Plugin architecture: SIP, VideoRoom, streaming, recording, and more. Battle-tested Meetecho gateway. Commercial options exist from Meetecho — do not invent prices; OSS self-host is the free path.

## The Catch

Plugin-core C gateway — not LiveKit/mediasoup opinionated rooms products. You pick plugins and ops the gateway. Distinct from LiveKit, mediasoup, PeerJS, and Pion.

## Verdict

GPL-3.0 WebRTC gateway. Self-host free; commercial options exist — pitch the OSS core.