TalkHub

Overview

What this project does

Enables peer-to-peer voice and video communication between registered users with real-time signaling and WebRTC technology.

Features

Core features

• User registration and JWT-based login
• Online user search and discovery
• Audio and video call initiation
• Real-time call signaling (invite, accept, decline)
• Peer-to-peer audio/video streaming
• STUN/TURN server configuration for NAT/firewall traversal
• User data storage with Mongoose
• Password hashing with bcryptjs
• Input validation with Joi
• Context API state management (Auth, Socket, Theme, Toast)
• Custom hooks (useWebRTC, useCall, useUsers)

Impact

What it delivers

• Real-time peer-to-peer audio/video streaming
• WebRTC signaling via Socket.io
• STUN/TURN server configuration for connection resilience
• Secure authentication with JWT
• User search and online status
• Real-time call management (invite, accept, decline)
• Custom React hooks for WebRTC and call management
• WebRTC peer-to-peer communication
• Real-time signaling with Socket.io
• Support for both audio and video calls
• NAT/firewall traversal via STUN/TURN
• JWT-based secure authentication

Under the hood

Technical specifications

Type

Real-time audio/video calling web application.

Target users

Users seeking to make real-time audio and video calls over the internet with other registered users.

Integrations

Socket.io for real-time signaling STUN/TURN servers for connection establishment MongoDB for user data storage

Frontend

Next.js 15, React 18, TypeScript

Database

MongoDB with Mongoose ORM

Real-time

Socket.io for signaling

Real-time Video

WebRTC with STUN/TURN servers

Authentication

JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

Security

bcryptjs for password hashing, Joi for validation

Styling

Tailwind CSS

Deployment

Vercel