# Pion WebRTC

> MIT embeddable Go WebRTC library — not a rooms product

**Category:** Libraries  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://pion.ly  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/pion/webrtc  
**Added:** 2026-09-04

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## The Hook

Pion is pure-Go WebRTC you embed when LiveKit is a product and mediasoup is a Node media server.

## What's Good

MIT. Pure Go WebRTC stack you import into your binary. Build custom peers, gateways, and media paths without adopting a rooms SaaS. First-class Go ecosystem.

## The Catch

Embeddable Go library — not LiveKit rooms product, not mediasoup C++/Node media server, not PeerJS browser-only P2P helper. You assemble signaling and any SFU-class topology yourself. Distinct from LiveKit, mediasoup, and PeerJS.

## Verdict

MIT Go WebRTC library. Free to embed; not a rooms stack.