Selkies
Low-latency WebRTC remote desktop streaming
Selkies is an open-source platform for streaming Linux desktops and apps to a browser over WebRTC with low latency. It supports GPU acceleration for demanding workloads.
Key features
- WebRTC desktop streaming
- GPU acceleration support
- Low-latency input
- Kubernetes ready
Strengths
- Released under the MPL-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Active community (2k GitHub stars)
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