🚀 BitMeet: Decentralized Serverless Video Conferencing

BitMeet is a professional-grade, peer-to-peer video conferencing application built with Astro, React, and WebRTC. It uses Firebase Firestore as a signaling channel for participant discovery, ensuring a truly serverless experience for the developer and high privacy for the users.

✨ Features

• Full Mesh WebRTC: Direct P2P connections between all participants.
• No Server Infrastructure: Uses Firebase for discovery and PeerJS for signaling.
• Dynamic Layout: Smart video grid that adapts to the number of participants.
• Screen Sharing: High-quality display capture and sharing.
• Media Controls: Professional mute/unmute and camera toggle.
• Infinite Rooms: Create unique meetings with a single click.
• SSR Enabled: Built with Astro SSR for dynamic room routing.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: Astro 5.0, React 19.
• Communication: WebRTC (PeerJS).
• Signaling/Discovery: Firebase Firestore.
• Icons: Lucide React.
• Styling: Pure CSS (Modern Variables, Flexbox, Grid).

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone and Install

npm install

2. Configure Firebase

Create a project in Firebase Console and enable Cloud Firestore.

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your credentials:

cp .env.example .env

Required variables:

• PUBLIC_FIREBASE_API_KEY
• PUBLIC_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID
• ... (see .env.example)

3. Firestore Rules

Ensure your Firestore rules allow reading/writing to the rooms collection:

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    match /rooms/{roomId}/participants/{participantId} {
      allow read, write: if true; // In production, add proper validation
    }
  }
}

4. Run Development Server

npm run dev

5. Build for Production

npm run build
node ./dist/server/entry.mjs

🔐 Privacy & Security

BitMeet uses WebRTC to encrypt media streams end-to-end. Firebase only stores temporary metadata (PeerIDs and presence status) required for participants to find each other. No audio or video data ever touches a server.

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