LiveKit
With over 20,000 GitHub stars and adoption by companies building everything from telehealth platforms to AI voice agents, LiveKit is the most widely deployed open-source real-time communication server available. The Go-based Selective Forwarding Unit handles hundreds of concurrent participants per node with adaptive bitrate streaming, simulcast layers, SVC codec support for VP9 and AV1, and end-to-end encryption. Client SDKs span JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, Rust, Python, Unity, and ESP32 embedded devices, while server-side APIs cover Node.js, Go, Ruby, Java, Python, Rust, PHP, and .NET. The Agents framework enables building AI-powered voice and video applications — real-time speech-to-text, LLM-driven conversations, and computer vision pipelines — running as server-side participants in any room. Egress records sessions to S3-compatible storage or streams to RTMP endpoints, while Ingress pulls external feeds from OBS via RTMP, WHIP, or SRT into LiveKit rooms. The SIP bridge connects traditional telephony to WebRTC rooms for hybrid conferencing. JWT-based authentication, webhook notifications, room-level moderation APIs, and selective subscription give operators granular control. Deploy as a single binary for development, Docker Compose for production single-node, or Kubernetes with the official Helm chart for distributed multi-region clusters using Redis for state coordination. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.
Evolution API
Evolution API gives your applications a production-ready REST interface to WhatsApp, supporting both free Baileys-based Web connections and Meta's official Business Cloud API from the same server. With 9,200+ stars and 7,100+ forks, it is the most widely deployed WhatsApp integration layer available. Each installation handles unlimited isolated instances (one per phone number) with independent auth, webhooks, and database separation via Prisma ORM against PostgreSQL or MySQL, cached through Redis. Message types include text, images, audio, video, documents, contacts, locations, interactive buttons, list messages, carousel cards, and PIX payment links through unified endpoints. Native integrations connect to Typebot for chatbot flows, Chatwoot for multi-agent support, Dify and OpenAI for AI conversations, N8N and Flowise for workflow automation, and RabbitMQ, Kafka, or SQS for enterprise event streaming. Socket.io delivers real-time message and connection events. Amazon S3 or MinIO handles media offloading. The Evolution Manager v2 dashboard provides visual instance creation, QR code scanning, connection monitoring, and integration configuration without touching the API directly. Docker Compose bundles the server, PostgreSQL, and Redis with environment-variable-driven setup. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.