🚀 shareThings: Your P2P Screen Sharing & Video Calling Solution

Tired of complex video platforms and unreliable connections? shareThings brings you a seamless, peer-to-peer experience for real-time video calls and screen sharing—no middlemen, just direct connections for the fastest, most secure communication.

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🔗 Live Demo

shareThings is deployed and available here:

🔗 Live Website: shareThings Web

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🔥 Key Features

• 🎥 Real-Time Video Calling: One-to-one video calls over WebRTC with adaptive quality.
• 🖥️ Screen Sharing: Share your entire screen or specific application windows effortlessly.
• 🤝 Peer-to-Peer Connection: Direct media streams via STUN/TURN for minimal latency and bandwidth usage.
• 🔐 Secure Signaling: Socket.IO with encrypted channels for session negotiation.
• ⚡ Low Latency: Optimized for smooth audio/video even on slower networks.
• 🌐 Cross-Platform: Works in modern browsers without plugins.

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🧠 How It Works

1. Signaling: Socket.IO on Node.js/Express handles room management and signaling messages.
2. Peer Connection: WebRTC RTCPeerConnection establishes direct media streams with STUN/TURN servers for NAT traversal.
3. Media Streams:
   • getUserMedia captures audio and video streams from the user's devices.
   • getDisplayMedia captures screen or application window streams for sharing.
   • addTrack attaches these media tracks to the RTCPeerConnection and sends them to the remote peer.
4. UI: React.js + Tailwind CSS provides a responsive, intuitive interface.

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⚡ Quick Start

Clone & Install

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/MeetAghara512/ShareThings.git
cd ShareThings

The project uses a client/server structure:

ShareThings/
├── client/       # React frontend
└── server/       # Node.js/Socket.IO signaling backend

Install dependencies:

# Backend setup
cd server && npm install

# Frontend setup
cd client && npm install

Ensure you have set any required environment variables for the backend (e.g., PORT, STUN_SERVERS, TURN_SERVERS) in /server/.env.

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📸 Screenshots

Home Page

Wait for Connection

Connected (Mobile View)

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🔮 Future Enhancements

• 👥 Multi-Party Calls (group video & screen sharing)
• 💬 In-Session Chat & File Transfer
• 🎙️ Call Recording & Playback
• ✨ Virtual Background & Blur Effects
• 🔍 Session Analytics & Usage Reports

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🎉 shareThings – Screen, Stream, Succeed. Instant Collaboration! 🌐🎥